Introduction: egalitarianism, ambition, and the disciples of Thrace -- Thrace as resource and refuge I: the Pisistratids to Thucydides -- Thrace as resource and refuge II: Alcibiades to Iphicrates -- Athenian ambivalence towards Thracians and Thracophiles -- The cultural appeal of Thrace for the Athenian elite -- Thrace as military academy -- Epilogue: Chares and Charidemus in the Macedonian world
Summary
This book explores the social, political and cultural importance of Thrace to prominent Athenian individuals from the mid-sixth to the mid-fourth century BCE
