Daily Life in Greece at the Time of Pericles

Robert Flaceliere was born in Paris in 1904 and educated at the College Sainte-Barbe, the Lycee Henri IV and the Ecole Normale Superieure. From 1925-1930 he was a member of the French School in Athens and from 1932-48 was Professor of the Faculty of Letters at Lyons. Professor Flaceliere was then appointed to the Chair of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Paris., a post he held until 1963 when he was appointed Director of the Ecole Normale Superieure.