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100	1		_aHarrison, Jane Ellen, _d1850-1928
245	1	0	_aPrimitive Athens as described by Thucydides
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2024
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2024-06-07
508			_adeaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520			_a"Primitive Athens as described by Thucydides" by Jane Ellen Harrison is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work critically examines the ancient city of Athens as articulated by the historian Thucydides, particularly focusing on its character and limits prior to the unification under Theseus. Through an analysis supported by archaeological evidence and literary interpretations, Harrison seeks to illuminate the smaller, more primitive Athens that preceded its later grandeur. At the start of the book, Harrison provides a preface explaining her motivations for writing this work, particularly her desire to counter the prevailing interpretations of Thucydides’ accounts that she believes do not align with contemporary archaeological findings. She suggests that Thucydides describes an Athens that consisted primarily of the Acropolis and a few surrounding areas, highlighting the distinction between the early scattered communities and the larger city that would develop later. The opening introduces the concept of “citadel communities” or “burghs,” which were at the heart of ancient Athenian life before the transformative Synoikismos led by Theseus, asserting the book's intent to establish a clearer vision of Athens' early history and its significance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cCambridge: University Press, 1906
653			_aAthens (Greece) -- Description and travel
653			_aAthens (Greece) -- Antiquities
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/b29012594
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73789
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