When the great war pitting the Athenians against the Peloponnesians first erupted, Pericles told ...

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First published in 1992 and now available in paperback in three volumes, Paul Rahe's ambitious an...

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An assessment of the ancient Greek city and its subsequent influence. A masterwork of political t...

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An authoritative and refreshingly original consideration of the government and culture of ancient...

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