{"product_id":"athens-or-the-athenians-george-dalphin-9798287495459","title":"Athens, or, The Athenians","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE DAWN OF DEMOCRACY.\u003cbr\u003eTHE CHILDHOOD OF SOKRATES.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the golden age of \u003cb\u003eAthens\u003c\/b\u003e, as democracy takes its first uncertain steps, a remarkable cast of characters shapes the future of human thought, living their everyday lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung Perikles, scion of a noble family, dreams of a city ruled by wisdom rather than wealth, while the hero Themistokles, who once saved Greece from Persian invasion, finds his power and influence tested by changing times. In the streets below the Acropolis, a curious boy named Sokrates begins asking questions that will resonate through centuries, while young Euripides struggles to find his voice as a playwright in the shadow of theatrical giants Aischylos and Sophokles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond Athens' walls, Sparta watches its rival's rise with growing unease. Within the warrior state's palace, the formidable queen-mother Gorgo maneuvers to maintain Spartan traditions against forces that threaten to tear her society apart. As these two vastly different Greek powers assess each other across the peninsula, the future of their civilizations hangs in the balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the agora to the theater, from the heights of power to the margins of society, here is Athens in all its glory and contradiction - a city where justice and beauty compete with violence and ambition, where tradition clashes with progress, and where gods still walk the earth. Through the lives of politicians and philosophers, priests and playwrights, soldiers and slaves, experience the birth of democracy and the dawn of Western thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book of an epic series chronicling the myriad minds of Golden Age of Athens through the lifetime of Sokrates, ATHENS weaves history and imagination into a tapestry as rich and complex as the city itself. In a world where politics, art, philosophy and religion are inseparable, every choice shapes not just a city, but the future of human thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Dalphin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798287495459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.58d","brand":"George Dalphin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47452892889343,"sku":"9798287495459","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c5eee2a-07a0-4b3a-a483-b6ce62b434b4.jpg?v=1761931116","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/athens-or-the-athenians-george-dalphin-9798287495459","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}