Pericles: A Sourcebook and Reader Book

List of Passages Translated xi List of Illustrations xv Abbreviations and Primary Sources xvii Preface xxi
Introduction

A Brief History of Athens in the Fifth Century 1
Chronology 8
The Life of Pericles 14

the primary sources Pericles' Writings 27

The Archaeological Evidence
Inscriptions and Ostraca 32
Portrait Busts 35
The Building Program on the Acropolis 40

Thucydides' Portrait of Pericles I:
Prelude to War 45

Thucydides' Portrait of Pericles II:
The First Campaign and the Funeral Oration 61

Thucydides' Portrait of Pericles III:
Plague, Last Speech, and Final Tribute 79

Aristophanes and Old Comedy: Caricature and Personal Attack 96
Herodotus 109
Protagoras 116

Sophocles' Oedipus:
In the Image of Pericles Lysias, Xenophon, and Plato Plutarch and the Biographical Tradition Afterword: The Legend of Pericles Appendix: The Dryden Translation of Plutarch's Life of Pericles Recommended Reading Glossary
Index