5/28/2023 0 Comments Nemesis by David Stuttard![]() ![]() For months the news has been apocalyptic. But it is good sometimes to put aside linguistic details and examine the larger picture, and when I read Stuttard’s opening words about Athens in 480 B.C.-“With every day that passes, tensions ratchet higher. ![]() His sentences shimmer with excitement, making readers of Phoenix: A Father, A Son, and the Rise of Athens feel they are right there with the Greeks of 2500 years ago as they sweated in the heat, shivered in terror of war, and bristled with anticipation on the cusp of Athenian greatness.Īn Indo-Europeanist rather than a classical historian, I am an unlikely person to comment on Stuttard’s new book about Miltiades IV (the Younger) and his son Cimon II. Have I ever read another historical account written with such verve? Perhaps not: David Stuttard is a marvelous writer. ![]()
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