Alternatives to Athens : Varieties of Political Organization and Community in Ancient Greece
| Author/creator |
Brock, Roger Editor |
| Other author/creator | Hodkinson, Stephen Editor |
| Other author/creator | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated |
| Description | 416 p. ill 06.100 x 09.200 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Classical Studies |
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| Summary | Annotation 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 tendto 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 mixedconstitutions 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 politicalflexibility and diversity of ancient Greek civilization. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780199258109 |
| ISBN | 0199258104 (UK-Trade Paper) On Demand |
| Standard identifier# | 9780199258109 |
| Stock number | 00020142 |
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