The Essential Isocrates
O ovoj e-knjizi
Isocrates wrote extensively about Athens in the fourth century BCE and before, and his speeches, letters, and essays provide a trove of insights concerning the intellectual, political, and social currents of his time. Mikalson details what we know about Isocrates’s long, eventful, and complicated life, and much can be gleaned on the personal level from his own writings, as Isocrates was one of the most introspective authors of the Classical Period. By collecting the most representative and important passages of Isocrates’s writings, arranging them topically, and placing them in historical context, The Essential Isocrates invites general and expert readers alike to engage with one of antiquity’s most compelling men of ideas.
O autoru
Jon D. Mikalson is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Classics, emeritus, at the University of Virginia. He is the author of many books, including Ancient Greek Religion, Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, and Religion in Hellenistic Athens.
