Beschreibung:
Luca Asmonti currently lectures at the University of Queensland, Australia. His research interests include Athenian democracy between the fifth and fourth centuries BC; Greek-Persian relations in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War; and political oratory in Athens.
An unrivalled collection of source material, often unavailable in translation, on the history and philosophy of the world's first democracy.
An unrivalled collection of source material, often unavailable in translation, on the history and philosophy of the world's first democracy.
Introduction 1: What do we mean by polis? 2: The birth of Athens and the roots of democracy 3: Draconian laws 4: Solonian laws 5: How tyranny helped the establishment of democracy 6: Cleisthenes and the birth of democracy 7: The Persian Wars and the link between democracy and the naval empire 8: Democracy and pentekontaeitia 9: Democracy and the effects of the Peloponnesian War 10: Democracy and the decline of the polis 11: Athenian democracy in the Hellenistic and Roman age Bibliography Index