{"product_id":"the-children-of-athena-9781803281964","title":"The Children of Athena","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling and fascinating portrait of the continuing intellectual tradition of Greek writers and thinkers in the Age of Rome.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 146 BC, Greece yielded to the military might of the Roman Republic; sixty years later, when Athens and other Greek city-states rebelled against Rome, the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla destroyed the city of Socrates and Plato, laying waste to the famous Academy where Aristotle had studied. However, the traditions of Greek cultural life would continue to flourish during the centuries of Roman rule that followed, in the lives and work of a distinguished array of philosophers, doctors, scientists, geographers, travellers and theologians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Freeman''s accounts of such luminaries as the physician Galen, the geographer Ptolemy and the philosopher Plotinus are interwoven with contextual ''interludes'' that showcase a sequence of unjustly neglected and richly influential lives. Like the author''s \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Children\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470096404823,"sku":"9781803281964","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781803281964.jpg?v=1744897395","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-children-of-athena-9781803281964","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}