248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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Plutarch’s Life of Phocion has not been closely analysed since 1840. Laurence Trittle’s study, first published in 1988, offers a new assessment of this significant and complex personality, whilst illuminating the political climate in which he thrived.
Though often thought to be of humble origin, Phocion was educated in Plato’s Academy, rose to prominence in the innermost circles of Athenian... Read more
List of Diagrams and Maps; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction 1. Plutarch’s Life of Phocion 2. Plutarch and His Sources 3. Family and Friends 4. The Hero of Naxos 5. Phocion: General of Athens 6. Phocion the Politician 7. Phocionic Athens 8. The Philosopher in Politics; Appendices 1. Non-Plutarchian Sources for Phocion 2. The Date of Glaucippus’ Speech Against Phocion 3. The Chronology of the Egyptian Campaigns of Artaxerxes III; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Biography
Lawrence Tritle
