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contents list of illustrations / xi preface / xiii maps / xvii introduction / the city of pericles and socrates / 1 one / cleisthenes: the family curse behind athenian democracy / 12 two / athena: religion and the democratic polis / 35 three / pericles: empire and war in the city of athena / 63 four / demeter: civic worship, women’s rites, and the eleusinian mysteries / 100 five / alcibiades: politics, religion, and the cult of personality / 131 six / dionysus: civic rituals of wine, theater, and transformation / 170 seven / socrates: impiety trials in the restored democracy / 208 epilogue / the city after socrates / 241 glossary of terms / 245 suggested further readings by chapter / 251 bibliography / 257 index / 265 x c o n t e n t s ...

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