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Subject(s)

• Phocion -318 B.C. [Browse]
• Statesmen—Greece—Athens—Biography [Browse]
• Generals—Greece—Athens—Biography [Browse]
• Greece—History—Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. [Browse]
• Greece—History—Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C. [Browse]

Series

• Routledge revivals. [More in this series]
• Routledge Revivals

Summary note

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 political life, and was renowned as a soldier throughout the Greek world. Professor Trittle traces the origins and development of the historical tradition that so shaped an image of the ""Good"" Phocion, so

Notes

First published in 1988 by Croom Helm Ltd.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Diagrams and Maps; Dedication; 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-Plutarchan Sources for Phocion; 2. The Date of Glaucippus' Speech Against Phocion; 3. The Chronology of the Egyptian Campaigns of Artaxerxes III; Notes; Bibliography; Index

ISBN

• 1-317-75049-7
• 0-415-74889-5
• 1-315-79642-2
• 1-317-75050-0

OCLC

• 881887280
• 897457632

Doi

• 10.4324/9781315796420

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