The Story of Athens : The Fragments of the Local Chronicles of Attika

A leading authority in the field, Phillip Harding presents the very first English translations of the six Athenian writers known as the Atthidographers. 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. 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. With the aid of linking text and detailed annotation, anyone with an interest in Athenian history, classical Greece need look no further. BOOK COVER......Page 1 TITLE......Page 4 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 DEDICATION......Page 6 CONTENTS......Page 8 PREFACE......Page 13 ABBREVIATIONS......Page 15 EDITORIAL CONVENTIONS......Page 17 INTRODUCTION......Page 18 1 THE EREKHTHEID DYNASTY: KEKROPS TO KRANAOS......Page 30 2 AREIOPAGOS TO AIGEUS......Page 50 3 THESEUS THE ARCHETYPICAL ATHENIAN......Page 69 4 TROJAN WAR TO THE END OF THE MONARCHY......Page 90 5 KREON TO XANTHIPPOS: 683/2–479/8......Page 103 6 THE PENTEKONTAETIA AND THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR: 478/7–404/3......Page 124 7 THE END OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR TO THE PEACE OF PHILOKRATES: 404/3–346/5......Page 156 8 THE PEACE OF PHILOKRATES TO THE ARCHONSHIP OF PHILIPPOS: 346/5–292/1......Page 176 Appendix 1: TRANSLATION OF REMAINING UNASSIGNED FRAGMENTS BY AUTHOR......Page 191 Appendix 2: NOTES ON KEKROPS......Page 208 Appendix 3: NOTES ON PELASGIANS......Page 213 Appendix 4: NOTES ON THE DAUGHTERS OF KEKROPS......Page 216 Appendix 5: NOTES ON ERYSIKHTHON......Page 220 Appendix 6: NOTES ON AREIOPAGOS......Page 222 Appendix 7: NOTES ON AMPHIKTYON......Page 227 Appendix 8: NOTES ON EREKHTHEUS......Page 230 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 235 CONCORDANCE OF FRAGMENTS......Page 244 INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED......Page 249 INDEX OF NAMES......Page 257 Examining the works of the Atthitographers, Harding reveals how these writings - which date from the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. - reveal an invaluable wealth of information about early Athenian history, legend, religion, customs and anecdotes Edited And Translated And With An Introduction And Commentary By Phillip Harding. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Text In English With Some Latin. A leading authority in the field, Phillip Harding here presents the very first English translations of the six Athenian writers known as the Atthitographers.