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In 1993 the world celebrated the 2500th anniversary of the birth of democracy in ancient Athens, whose polis - or citizen state - is often viewed as the model ancient Greek state. In an age when democracy has apparently triumphed following the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, we tend to forget that the democratic citizen-state was only one of many forms of political community in Greek antiquity. This volume aims to redress the balance. Eighteen essays by established and younger historians examine alternative political systems and ideologies: oligarchies, monarchies, and mixed constitutions along with diverse forms of communal and regional associations such as ethnoi, amphiktyonies, and confederacies. The papers, which span the length and breadth of the Hellenic world from the Balkans and Anatolia to Magna Graecia and north Africa, highlight the immense political flexibility and diversity of ancient Greek civilization.

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Author:   Roger Brock (, Lecturer in Classics, University of Leeds) ,  Stephen Hodkinson (, Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Manchester)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.627kg
ISBN:  

9780199258109

ISBN 10:   0199258104
Pages:   412
Publication Date:   12 December 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Roger Brock and Stephen Hodkinson: Alternatives to Athens, Introduction 1: Robin Lane Fox: Theognis - Alternative to Democracy 2: Hans Van Wees: Megara's Mafiosi 3: Nigel Spencer: Exchange and Stasis in Mytilene 4: Barbara Mitchell: Cyrene, Typical, or Atypical? 5: David Braund: Monarchy in Athenian Democracy 6: P. J. Rhodes: Oligarchies in Athens 7: N. K. Rutter: Syracusan Democracy 8: Andrew Lintott: Aristotle's Mixed Constitution 9: Kathryn Lomas: The Polis in Italy 10: Catherine Morgan: Cities and the Athenian Ethnos 11: Zosia Halina Archibald: Space Hierarchy and Community 12: J. K. Davies: The Molossian Ethnos, State, and Monarchy 13: Pierre Carlier: Homeric and Macedonian Kingship 14: Antony G. Keen: The 'Kings' of Achaemenid Lycia 15: W. G. Forrest: The Pre-polis Polis 16: Michael Arrush: Delphi and her External Relations 17: James Roy: Democracy in the Arcadian Confederacy 18: N. V. Sekunda: Federalism in West Crete

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... bibliographically updated in a sensitive way ... excellent programmatic and retrospective introduction. The Journal of Classics Teaching ... a cogent, wide-ranging introduction to the scope and scale of political expression in the ancient Greek world that will be warmly welcomed by ancient historians and classical scholars alike. Bryn Mawr Classical Review

... bibliographically updated in a sensitive way ... excellent programmatic and retrospective introduction. The Journal of Classics Teaching ... a cogent, wide-ranging introduction to the scope and scale of political expression in the ancient Greek world that will be warmly welcomed by ancient historians and classical scholars alike. Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Roger Brock is Lecturer in Classics, University of Leeds Stephen Hodkinson is Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Manchester

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