num_pages: 320
description: From Simon &amp; Schuster, Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy is Donald Kagan's, 20th century history of Athenian democracy, exploration of one of history's greatest subjects.An incisive portrait of Pericles is set against the shifting political trends, international tensions and relations, and intellectual movements of the ancient Greek civilization.
language: English
title: Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy
titlecomplete: Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy
genres: History, Classics, Biography, Greece, Ancient, Military History, Ancient History, Biography Memoir, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 278
publisher: Free Press