Athens 415: The City in Crisis by Clara Shaw Hardy

Athens 415: The City in Crisis

Key Dates in the Ancient World

Clara Shaw Hardy with Robert Hardy (Translator)

210 pages missing pub info (view editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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Athens 415: The City in Crisis is ideal for readers fascinated by immersive historical investigations that explore societal tensions and institutional dynamics through vivid, source-driven storytelling.

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On a summer night in 415 BCE, unknown persons systematically mutilated most of the domestic "herms"--guardian statues of the god Hermes--in Athens. The reaction was immediate and extreme: the Athenians feared a terrifying conspiracy was underway a...

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