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Song of Wrath

J. E. Lendon

Song of Wrath tells the story of Classical Athens' victorious Ten Years' War (431-421 BC) against grim Sparta -- the first decade of the terrible Peloponnesian War that turned the Golden Age of Greece to lead. Historian J.E. Lendon presents a sweeping tale of pitched battles by land and sea sieges sacks raids and deeds of cruelty and guile -- along with courageous acts of mercy surprising charity austere restraint and arrogant resistance. Recounting the rise of democratic Athens to great-power status and the resulting fury of authoritarian Sparta Greece's traditional leader Lendon portrays the causes and strategy of the war as a duel over national honor a series of acts of revenge. A story of new pride challenging old Song of Wrath is the first work of Ancient Greek history for the post-cold-war generation.>

  • Classification : History
  • Pub Date : SEP 4, 2012
  • Imprint : Basic Books
  • Page Extent : 576
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780465031436
  • Price : INR 1,675
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J. E. Lendon

J.E. Lendon is professor of history at the University of Virginia and author of Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity runner-up for the Longman History Today Book of the Year Prize (2006).

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