Thebes

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A gripping account of the ancient Greek city of Thebes from the acclaimed author of The Spartans.

‘An incisive, inspiring and vitally illuminating account of a city which changed the ancient world and which deserves to be remembered by the modern. A masterful book written by a master historian.’ – Bettany Hughes, bestselling author of Istanbul and Helen of Troy

Continuously inhabited for five millennia, and at one point the most powerful city in Ancient Greece, Thebes has been overshadowed by its better-known rivals, Athens and Sparta.

According to myth, the city was founded when Kadmos sowed dragon’s teeth into the ground and warriors sprang forth, ready not only to build the fledgling city but to defend it from all-comers. It was Hercules’ birthplace and the home of the Sphinx, whose riddle Oedipus solved, winning the Theban crown and the king’s widow in marriage, little knowing that the widow was his mother, Jocasta.

The city’s history is every bit as rich as its mythic origins, from siding with the Persian invaders when their emperor, Xerxes, set out to conquer Aegean Greece, to siding with Sparta – like Thebes an oligarchy – to defeat Pericles’ democratic Athens, to being utterly destroyed on the orders of Alexander the Great.

In Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece, the acclaimed classical historian Paul Cartledge brings the city vividly to life, and argues that it is central to our understanding of the ancient Greeks’ achievements – whether politically or culturally – and thus to our own culture and civilization.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 27 mei 2021

Aantal pagina's: 448

Kaarten inbegrepen: Nee

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Paul Cartledge

Hoofduitgeverij: Picador

Originele titel: Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece

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Editie: Main Market edition

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 130 mm

Product hoogte: 22 mm

Product lengte: 197 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 130 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 25 mm

Verpakking lengte: 196 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 530 g

eWaste: Nee

EAN: 9781509873180

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