The Children of Athena: Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 Bc0-400 AD by Freeman, Charles

The Children of Athena: Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 Bc0-400 AD

A brilliant, fascinating portrait of the intellectual tradition of Greek writers and thinkers during the Age of...
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The Children of Athena: Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 Bc0-400 AD by Freeman, Charles

The Children of Athena: Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 Bc0-400 AD

BD$29.84

The Children of Athena: Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 Bc0-400 AD

BD$29.84
Author: Charles Freeman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A brilliant, fascinating portrait of the intellectual tradition of Greek writers and thinkers during the Age of Rome.

In 146 BC, Greece yielded to the military might of the Roman Republic; sixty years later, when Athens and other Greek city-states rebelled against Rome, the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla destroyed the city of Socrates and Plato, laying waste to the famous Academy where Aristotle had studied. However, the traditions of Greek cultural life continued to flourish during the centuries of Roman rule that followed--in the lives and work of a distinguished array of philosophers, doctors, scientists, geographers, and theologians.

Charles Freeman's accounts of such luminaries as the physician Galen, the geographer Ptolemy, and the philosopher Plotinus are interwoven with contextual "interludes" that showcase a sequence of unjustly neglected and richly influential lives. A cultural history on an epic scale, The Children of Athena presents the story of a rich and vibrant tradition of Greek intellectual inquiry across a period of more than five hundred years, from the second century BC to the start of the fifth century AD.

Author: Charles Freeman
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 09/10/2024
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
ISBN: 9781639367825

About the Author
Charles Freeman is an expert on the ancient world and its legacy. He has worked on archaeological digs on the continents surrounding the Mediterranean. Freeman is the author of numerous books over the past decades, including The Closing of the Western Mind and A New History of Early Christianity. He lives in Britain.

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