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A brief history of Athens in the fifth century
Chronology
The life of Pericles
The primary sources
Pericles' writings
The archaeological evidence. Inscriptions and Ostraca ; Portrait busts ; The building program on the Acropolis
Thucydides' portrait of Pericles I: prelude to war
Thucydides' portrait of Pericles II: the first campaign and the funeral oration
Thucydides' portrait of Pericles III: plague, last speech, and final tribute
Aristophanes and old comedy: caricature and personal attack
Herodotus
Protagoras
Sophocles' Oedipus: in the image of Pericles
Lysias, Xenophon, and Plato
Plutarch and the biographical tradition
Afterword: the legend of Pericles.
Chronology
The life of Pericles
The primary sources
Pericles' writings
The archaeological evidence. Inscriptions and Ostraca ; Portrait busts ; The building program on the Acropolis
Thucydides' portrait of Pericles I: prelude to war
Thucydides' portrait of Pericles II: the first campaign and the funeral oration
Thucydides' portrait of Pericles III: plague, last speech, and final tribute
Aristophanes and old comedy: caricature and personal attack
Herodotus
Protagoras
Sophocles' Oedipus: in the image of Pericles
Lysias, Xenophon, and Plato
Plutarch and the biographical tradition
Afterword: the legend of Pericles.