Phoenix : a father, a son, and the rise of Athens / David Stuttard.

"Fifty years before its golden age, Athens was just another city-state in Sparta's shadow. David Stuttard tells the story of the father and son who lifted Athens. Miltiades defeated the Persians at Marathon; Cimon drove them from Greece, revitalized the war-torn city, and moderated its foreign polic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stuttard, David (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
Subjects:	Miltiades, > approximately 550 B.C.-489 B.C. Cimon, > -approximately 450 B.C. Marathon, Battle of, Greece, 490 B.C. Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C. Greece > History > Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. Greece > History > Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C. Athens (Greece) > History. Greece. Greece > Athens. 500-431 B.C. History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	vii, 389 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Introduction: Out of the ashes
I. Inheritance: Ancestors
When the Persians came
Trials of strength
II. Athena's bridle: Between two wars
Dedication
Firestorm
III. Strengths of men
Hegemon
Securing Athens
'I am Eurymedon'
IV. Peripateia: Earthquake
Aftershock
At the right hand of Zeus.