Phocion the Good (Routledge Revivals)

Phocion the Good (Routledge Revivals)
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Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9781317750499
ISBN-13 : 1317750497
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Book Synopsis Phocion the Good (Routledge Revivals) by : Lawrence A. Tritle

Download or read book Phocion the Good (Routledge Revivals) written by Lawrence A. Tritle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plutarch’s Life of Phocion has not been closely analysed since 1840. Lawrence Tritle'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 Tritle traces the origins and development of the historical tradition that so shaped an image of the "Good" Phocion, so that his actual achievements as a politician and general were all but lost. He can thus now be seen in the context of fourth-century Athens: as a major political leader, a worthy opponent of Philip of Macedon, and a champion of a politics of justice rather than of the traditional politics of enmity.


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