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Greek Politics
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Hellenistic Democracies: Freedom, Independence and Political Procedure in Some East Greek City-States
by Susanne Carlsson
During the Hellenistic period, the Greek city states were thought to have lost their independence and thus also their means of democratic government. This study shows that interstate relations among the Greek cities of coastal Asia Minor were still active at that time. Measures were taken to solve conflicts and to strengthen ties of friendship among cities, but the cities did not refrain from claiming their rights from each other and even waging ...
Hardback. Price US$94.00
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 ...
Hardback. Price US$100.00
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. Publisher's Price US$20.00, Our Price US$16.00
Eine Trilogie über die Demokratie
by Paul Cartledge
This volume contains three lectures on classical Athenian democracy between 500 and 399 BC. They deal with the dialectics of similarity and difference between ancient and modern democrats, and introduce new perspectives on the theory and practice of Athenian democracy. The first lecture is a study of when and how the first Athenian democracy emerged; the second deals with the fact that the most forceful opponents of Athenian democracy were ...
Paperback. Price US$37.00
Ancient Greek Arbitration
by Derek Roebuck
The earliest substantial body of evidence for arbitration comes from the Greek language, with the best evidence coming from Athens. Derek Roebuck presents a general history of the procedures and legal aspects of arbitration, attitudes, enforcement and appeals against decisions in the period 700BC to 30BC. Based on primary sources he includes literary references, documentary evidence, inscriptions and papyri including excerpts from speeches, ...
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The Birth of Democracy
edited by Josiah Ober and Charles W. Hedrick
An exhibition celebrating the 2500th anniversary of the beginnings of democracy in Athens is now on at the National archives, Washington DC until January 1994. This informative catalogue includes colour illustrations of the objects displayed: sculptures, architectural models and small objects from Athens and from museums in America and Europe. The objects are set in context with nine short essays: Writing and the Athenian democracy (C W ...
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The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council
by John Traill
Using inscriptions recording council membership recovered by excavations in the Athenian Agora, the author presents a detailed reconstruction of the political geography of Attica. The reforms of the 6th-century B.C. politician Cleisthenes organized Athenian citizens into ten tribes (phylai), divided into thirty "thirds" (trittyes) and 139 local units (demes). The author shows how this visionary arrangement was maintained almost unchanged until at ...
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Kallias of Sphettos and the Revolt of Athens in 286 BC
by Leslie Shear
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Athenian Political Thought and the Reconstruction of American
by J. Peter Euben
In the contemporary United States the image and experience of Athenian democracy has been appropriated to justify a profoundly conservative political and educational agenda. Such is the conviction expressed in this provocative book, which is certain to ...
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Agon, Logos, Polis: The Greek Achievement and Its Aftermath
edited by Johann P Arnason and Peter Murphy
Ten papers, from a conference held at Ohio State University in 1997, reconsider Greek experience and its lessons for later cultures from a variety of perspectives. The contributions reflect in particular the central role of politics and the `Polis', so ...
Paperback. Price US$67.00
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