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- catalog abstract "Athens' democracy developed during the sixth and fifth centuries and continued into the fourth; Athens' defeat by Macedon in 322 began a series of alternations between democracy and oligarchy. The democracy was inseparably bound up with the ideals of liberty and equality, the rule of law, and the direct government of the people by the people. Liberty means above all freedom of speech, the right to be heard in the public assembly and the right to speak one's mind in private. Equality meant the equal right of male citizens (perhaps 60,000 in the fifth century, 30,000 in the fourth) to participate in the government of the state and the administration of the law. Disapproved of as a mob rule until the nineteenth century, the institutions of Athenian democracy have become an inspiration for modern democratic politics and political philosophy. P.J. Rhodes's reader focuses on the political institutions, political activity, history, and nature of Athenian democracy and introduces some of the best British, American, German, and French scholarship on its origins, theory, and practice. Part I is devoted to political institutions: citizenship, the assembly, the law-courts, and capital punishment. Part II explores aspects of political activity: the demagogues and their relationship with the assembly, the maneuverings of the politicians, competitive festivals, and the separation of public from private life. Part III looks at three crucial points in the development of the democracy: the reforms of Solon, Cleisthenes, and Ephialtes. Part IV considers what it was in Greek life that led to the development of democracy. Some of the authors adopt broad-brush approaches to major questions; others analyze a particular body of evidence in detail. Use is made of archeology, comparison with other societies, the location of festivals in their civic context, and the need to penetrate behind what the classical Athenians made of their past. -- Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b13247535.
- catalog coverage "Athens (Greece) Politics and government.".
- catalog coverage "Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C.".
- catalog coverage "Greece Politics and government.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description "Athenian citizenship : the descent group and the alternatives / John K. Davies -- How did the Athenian Ecclesia vote? / Mogens Herman Hansen -- Aristotle, the Kleroteria, and the courts / Sterling Dow -- Jury pay and assembly pay at Athens / M.M. Markle -- Capital punishment / Louis Gernet -- Athenian demagogues / M.I. Finley -- Political activity in classical Athens / P.J. Rhodes -- Competitive festivals and the polis : a context for dramatic festivals at Athens / Robin Osborne -- Public and private interests in classical Athens / S.C. Humphreys -- How a political myth takes shape : Solon, "founding father" of the Athenian democracy / Claude Mossé -- The Athenian Revolution of 508/7 B.C. : violence, authority, and the origins of democracy / Josiah Ober -- Cleisthenes and Attica / David M. Lewis -- Ephialtes, Eisangelia, and the council / Raphael Sealey -- The Greeks : the political revolution in world history / Christian Meier.".
- catalog description "Athens' democracy developed during the sixth and fifth centuries and continued into the fourth; Athens' defeat by Macedon in 322 began a series of alternations between democracy and oligarchy. The democracy was inseparably bound up with the ideals of liberty and equality, the rule of law, and the direct government of the people by the people. Liberty means above all freedom of speech, the right to be heard in the public assembly and the right to speak one's mind in private. Equality meant the equal right of male citizens (perhaps 60,000 in the fifth century, 30,000 in the fourth) to participate in the government of the state and the administration of the law. Disapproved of as a mob rule until the nineteenth century, the institutions of Athenian democracy have become an inspiration for modern democratic politics and political philosophy. P.J. Rhodes's reader focuses on the political institutions, political activity, history, and nature of Athenian democracy and introduces some of the best British, American, German, and French scholarship on its origins, theory, and practice. Part I is devoted to political institutions: citizenship, the assembly, the law-courts, and capital punishment. Part II explores aspects of political activity: the demagogues and their relationship with the assembly, the maneuverings of the politicians, competitive festivals, and the separation of public from private life. Part III looks at three crucial points in the development of the democracy: the reforms of Solon, Cleisthenes, and Ephialtes. Part IV considers what it was in Greek life that led to the development of democracy. Some of the authors adopt broad-brush approaches to major questions; others analyze a particular body of evidence in detail. Use is made of archeology, comparison with other societies, the location of festivals in their civic context, and the need to penetrate behind what the classical Athenians made of their past. -- Back cover.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 358 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Athenian democracy.".
- catalog identifier "0748616861".
- catalog identifier "074861687X (PBK.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Athenian democracy.".
- catalog isPartOf "Edinburgh readings on the ancient world".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,".
- catalog relation "Athenian democracy.".
- catalog spatial "Athens (Greece) Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "Greece Athens".
- catalog spatial "Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C.".
- catalog spatial "Greece Politics and government.".
- catalog subject "321.809385 21".
- catalog subject "Democracy Greece Athens History To 1500.".
- catalog subject "Democracy Greece Athens History.".
- catalog subject "JC75.D36 A768 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Athenian citizenship : the descent group and the alternatives / John K. Davies -- How did the Athenian Ecclesia vote? / Mogens Herman Hansen -- Aristotle, the Kleroteria, and the courts / Sterling Dow -- Jury pay and assembly pay at Athens / M.M. Markle -- Capital punishment / Louis Gernet -- Athenian demagogues / M.I. Finley -- Political activity in classical Athens / P.J. Rhodes -- Competitive festivals and the polis : a context for dramatic festivals at Athens / Robin Osborne -- Public and private interests in classical Athens / S.C. Humphreys -- How a political myth takes shape : Solon, "founding father" of the Athenian democracy / Claude Mossé -- The Athenian Revolution of 508/7 B.C. : violence, authority, and the origins of democracy / Josiah Ober -- Cleisthenes and Attica / David M. Lewis -- Ephialtes, Eisangelia, and the council / Raphael Sealey -- The Greeks : the political revolution in world history / Christian Meier.".
- catalog title "Athenian democracy / edited by P.J. Rhodes.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".