Story of Athens

<p>A leading authority in the field, Phillip Harding presents the very first English translations of the six Athenian writers known as the Atthidographers.</p><p>In his vivid and detailed history, Harding examines the remaining fragments of these historical writers' work – in chronological order – and how these writings, dating from the fifth and fourth century BC, reveal an invaluable wealth of information about early Athenian history, legend, religion, customs and anecdotes.</p><p>Harding also goes on to study how these histories of Athens and its people were the source for later surviving historians such as Plutarch and Diodorus.</p><p>With the aid of linking text and detailed annotation, anyone with an interest in Athenian history, classical Greece need look no further.</p> <p>Introduction 1. The Erechtheid Dynasty from Kekrops to Aegeus 1556–1234 2. The Remainder of the Regnal Period from Theseus to Kodros 1234–1069 3. The Period of Life-Archons and Ten-Year Archons from Medon to Kreon: 1069–683/2 4. Kreon to Solon: 683/2–594/3 5. Solon to Kleisthenes 594/3–508/7 6. The Fifth Century to the End of the Peloponnesian War 7. The Fourth Century to the Battle of Chaironeia</p>