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Alternatives to Athens

Alternatives to Athens Varieties of Political Organization and Community in Ancient Greece

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Publisher's Synopsis

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, originally a seminar series at the universities of Leeds and Manchester, aims to redress the balance. Eighteen essays by established and younger historians examine alternative political systems and ideologies oligarchies, monarchies, 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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Book information

ISBN: 9780198152200
Publisher: OUP OXFORD
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 938
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 500
Weight: 762g
Height: 165mm
Width: 243mm
Spine width: 25mm