{"product_id":"athens-in-the-age-of-charles-alexander-robinson-9780806109350","title":"Athens in the Age of Pericles","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe challenge of Periclean Athens to the students of civilizations is unmistakable: the city and its empire reached a level of culture and well-being scarcely paralleled in the history of man elsewhere. And like the characters in a Greek tragedy, the city and its leaders and citizens were busy in their time of glory making provision for their own tragic decline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I have tried to suggest in general terms,\" says the author, \"the meaning of Periclean Athens, addressing my interpretation to laymen. . . With the increasing mass of specialized research on ancient Athens, it is imperative to catch a general notion of the significance of the whole. . . The result is a picture of a complex society, as any great civilization is bound to be, with its magnificent achievements and its faults.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first volume in The Centers of Civilization Series does indeed give a clear picture of Athenian civilization, its literature, philosophy, and political and judicial writing; its painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and drama; and even the arts of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove all, the book suggests to modern readers the supreme importance of decision in all of man's affairs, and the frightful consequences of wrong decision, once it is made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles A. Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806109351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806109350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/1971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.74h x 4.76w x 0.43d","brand":"Charles A. Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059774845183,"sku":"9780806109350","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fb8f1552-5df8-42dd-8e33-501cb56808bf.jpg?v=1685060258","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/athens-in-the-age-of-charles-alexander-robinson-9780806109350","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}