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TY  - BOOK
ID  - 3430397
TI  - Athens, Thrace, and the shaping of Athenian leadership
AU  - Sears, Matthew A.
AU  - Cambridge University Press
PY  - 2013
SN  - 9781107030534 1107030536 9781139343817 1139611062 1107237556 1139625942 1139609270 1139616641 1139343815 1139612921 1139622226 1299405711 9781139625944 9781139612920 9781139611060 9781107237551 9781139609272 9781139616645 9781299405714 9781139622226
PB  - Cambridge [etc.] Cambridge University Press
DB  - UniCat
KW  - Athens (Greece)
KW  - Thrace
KW  - Athènes (Grèce)
KW  - Politics and government.
KW  - Relations
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - Political science.
KW  - Relations.
KW  - Greece
KW  - Mediterranean Region
KW  - Athènes (Grèce)
KW  - Arts and Humanities
KW  - History
KW  - Тракия
KW  - Trakii︠a︡
KW  - Trakya
KW  - Thrakien
KW  - Thracia
KW  - Tracia
KW  - Thrakē
KW  - Thráki
KW  - Trakiya
KW  - Θράκη
KW  - Aḟiny (Greece)
KW  - Atene (Greece)
KW  - Atʻēnkʻ (Greece)
KW  - Ateny (Greece)
KW  - Athen (Greece)
KW  - Athēna (Greece)
KW  - Athēnai (Greece)
KW  - Athènes (Greece)
KW  - Athinai (Greece)
KW  - Athīnā (Greece)
KW  - Αθήνα (Greece)
UR  - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3430397
AB  - From the mid-sixth to the mid-fourth century BCE a nexus of connections to Thrace defined the careers of several of Athens' most prominent figures, including Pisistratus, Miltiades, Alcibiades and Iphicrates. This book explores the importance of Thrace to these individuals and its resulting significance in the political, cultural and social history of Athens. Thrace was vitally important for Athens thanks to its natural resources and access to strategic waterways, which were essential to a maritime empire, and connections to the area conferred wealth and military influence on certain Athenians and offered them a refuge if they faced political persecution at home. However, Thrace's importance to prominent individuals transcended politics: its culture was also an important draw. Thrace was a world free of Athenian political, social and cultural constraints - one that bore a striking resemblance to the world of Homeric epic.
ER  -