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Greek Politics

Rollenbilder in der athenischen Demokratie: Medien, Gruppen, Räume im politischen und sozialen System
edited by Christian Mann, Matthias Haake, and Ralf von den Hoff
English summary: This conference volume includes eight essays on archaeology and ancient history with a joint investigative horizon: the complex fabric of role models in classical Athens. With the emergence of democracy, the political space was strengthened and formulated a guiding principle of the equality of all citizens (with rigorous exclusion of women and metics), but existed alongside traditional social structures, stored away with ...
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Athens-Sparta: Contributions to the Research on the History and Archaeology of the Two City-States
edited by Nikolaos Kaltsas
Organized in conjunction with the Onassis Cultural Center's groundbreaking exhibition Athens-Sparta, the International Conference explored the archaeological and historical elements of the ancient relationship and conflict between the rival city-states, and provided insight into the artistic development of the Attic and Laconic cultures. Particular to these proceedings is the inclusion of papers relating to the archaeology of Sparta and ...
Paperback. Price GB £15.00

Kinship Myth in Ancient Greece
by Lee E. Patterson
In ancient Greece, interstate relations, such as in the formation of alliances, calls for assistance, exchanges of citizenshi, and territorial conquest, were often grounded in mythical kinship. In these cases, the common ancestor was most often a legendary figure from whom both communities claimed descent. In this detailed study, Lee E. Patterson elevates the current state of research on kinship myth to a consideration of the role it plays in the ...
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Democracy Beyond Athens: Popular Government in Classical Greece
by Eric W. Robinson
This book presents a detailed study of ancient Greek democracy in the Classical period (480323 BC), focusing on examples outside Athens. It has three main goals: to identify where and when democratic governments established themselves in ancient Greek city-states; to explain why democracy spread to many parts of Greece in this period; and to further our understanding of the nature of ancient democracy by studying its practices beyond Athens. ...
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Greek Slogan of Freedom and Early Roman Politics in Greece
by Sviatoslav Dmitriev
'Freedom' was the rallying cry of the Greek resistance to the Persian invasion in the early fifth century BC. This notion, however, had a lengthy and rather varied afterlife, as Sviatoslav Dmitriev explains. Ideas of freedom and democracy were deployed in the fifth and fourth centuries by warring states, especially Athens and Sparta, to promote themselves over their opponents and win the allegiance of other parties. After Philip and Alexander had ...
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Polis and Revolution: Responding to Oligarchy in Classical Athens
by Julia L. Shear
The Athenian age of democracy stretched from the beginning of the fifth century to the last decades of the fourth, but around the time of Athens' defeat in the Peloponnesian War at the end of the fifth century, the city twice saw the temporary overthrow of the government and the establishment of an oligarchic regime. These two incidents are often considered separately, not least because the second one occurred after Athens' defeat, but Shear ...
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Political Culture in the Greek City After the Classical Age
edited by O.M van Nijf and R. Alston
In recent years a new view of the post-Classical polis has emerged, emphasising not its death or loss of viability, but rather their continued flourishing and vibrancy. These essays expand on this picture, exploring aspects of political culture in the polis from Chaeronea down to Late Antiquity. Themes include continuing political conflict; the increasing tendency of nominally democratic poleis towards oligarchic power structures, and the ways in ...
Hardback. Price GB £90.00

Civic Rites: Democracy and Religion in Ancient Athens
by Nancy Evans
This book makes a strong case for the importance of religious practices in Classical Athens, showing how thoroughly ritual was integrated into the city's democratic institutions and civic life. To this end Nancy Evans takes an in depth look at the cults of Athena, Demeter and Dionysus and the festivals and games associated with them. Writing for the general reader as well as the scholar, she reconstructs the rhythms of Athenian life and the ...
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Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens
by Josiah Ober
When does democracy work well? And why? And who better than Josiah Ober to explain how and why, in ancient Athens, democratic government produced wealth, power and security. "A fresh, intellectually daring proposal ... democracy is not just an ethically desirable political form, but potentially unsurpassed as a source of innovation, public learning and the application of publicly useful knoiwledge." - John Keane "... looks at Athenian democracy ...
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Politics: Antiquity and Its Legacy
by Kostas Vlassopoulos
This concise volume deftly examines the impact of Classical political thinking on subsequent generations of politicians and theorists down to our own day. Vlassopoulos produces a nuanced and on occasion surprising argument, showing that reception is rarely straightforward, and that the lessons and theory drawn from aspects of the Classical tradition are seldom consistent, just as the idea a Classical tradition is itself a modern imposition on an ...
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