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The Quiet Athenian

Author : L. B. Carter
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Quiet Athenian written by L. B. Carter and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1986 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like its modern counterparts, Athenian democracy strove to be an assembly of all its citizens. But as is the case with modern democratic states, it often fell far short of this goal. This enlightening work focuses on a previously unexplored strata of Athenian society: the apolitical citizens. The author begins with a review of the traditional drives to honor and fame which gave impetus to ancient Athenian political life and then goes on to analyze the diverse motives of those who chose to abstain from participating in the democratic process. Dr. Carter's discussion takes full account of the demographic factors involved and sheds light on the economic, geographic, and cultural background of these apolitical Athenians.

Silence and Democracy

Author : John Zumbrunnen
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271047429
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Silence and Democracy written by John Zumbrunnen and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of elites vis-&à-vis the mass public in the construction and successful functioning of democracy has long been of central interest to political theorists. In Silence and Democracy, John Zumbrunnen explores this theme in Thucydides&’ famous history of the Peloponnesian War as a way of focusing our thoughts about this relationship in our own modern democracy. In Periclean Athens, according to Thucydides, &“what was in name a democracy became in actuality rule by the first man.&” This political transformation of Athenian political life raises the question of how to interpret the silence of the demos. Zumbrunnen distinguishes the &“silence of contending voices&” from the &“collective silence of the demos,&” and finds the latter the more difficult and intriguing problem. It is in the complex interplay of silence, speech, and action that Zumbrunnen teases out the meaning of democracy for Thucydides in both its domestic and international dimensions and shows how we may benefit from the Thucydidean text in thinking about the ways in which the silence of ordinary citizens can enable the domineering machinations of political elites in America and elsewhere today.

Silence and Democracy

Author : John Zumbrunnen
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271033584
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Silence and Democracy written by John Zumbrunnen and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of elites vis-&à-vis the mass public in the construction and successful functioning of democracy has long been of central interest to political theorists. In Silence and Democracy, John Zumbrunnen explores this theme in Thucydides&’ famous history of the Peloponnesian War as a way of focusing our thoughts about this relationship in our own modern democracy. In Periclean Athens, according to Thucydides, &“what was in name a democracy became in actuality rule by the first man.&” This political transformation of Athenian political life raises the question of how to interpret the silence of the demos. Zumbrunnen distinguishes the &“silence of contending voices&” from the &“collective silence of the demos,&” and finds the latter the more difficult and intriguing problem. It is in the complex interplay of silence, speech, and action that Zumbrunnen teases out the meaning of democracy for Thucydides in both its domestic and international dimensions and shows how we may benefit from the Thucydidean text in thinking about the ways in which the silence of ordinary citizens can enable the domineering machinations of political elites in America and elsewhere today.

Lysias 21

Author : Aggelos Kapellos
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110391112
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Lysias 21 written by Aggelos Kapellos and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-09-12 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lysias’ 21st speech “On a charge of taking bribes” is an important example of Attic oratory that sheds significant light on Classical history and society. Delivered after the restoration of democracy in 402 B.C.E., this speech provides information that is critical for our understanding of the relationship between the Athenian demos and aristocrats, Athenian civic institutions (e.g., taxation, liturgies and conscription), religious beliefs, moral values, political behavior, and, in particular, of the legal and rhetorical treatment of embezzlement and bribery. It also supplies unique information about the military engagement of the Athenians at Aegospotami and the role of Alcibiades in the political life of Athens. Despite its importance, however, Lysias’ speech has never been the subject of an extensive study in its own right. This volume seeks to fill that gap by presenting the first systematic commentary on this speech. The author puts much emphasis on its structure, strategy, and argumentation, focusing especially on the tension between the actual practices of the anonymous client of the logographer and civic ideals invoked in the present case. The book is intended to be of interest to classicists, ancient historians and political theorists, but also to the general reader.

Thucydides, Pericles, and the Idea of Athens in the Peloponnesian War

Author : Martha Caroline Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521765935
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Book Synopsis Thucydides, Pericles, and the Idea of Athens in the Peloponnesian War by : Martha Caroline Taylor

Download or read book Thucydides, Pericles, and the Idea of Athens in the Peloponnesian War written by Martha Caroline Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thucydides, Pericles, and the Idea of Athens in the Peloponnesian War is the first comprehensive study of Thucydides' presentation of Pericles' radical redefinition of the city of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. Martha Taylor argues that Thucydides subtly critiques Pericles' vision of Athens as a city divorced from the territory of Attica and focused, instead, on the sea and the empire. Thucydides shows that Pericles' reconceputalization of the city led the Athenians both to Melos and to Sicily. Toward the end of his work, Thucydides demonstrates that flexible thinking about the city exacerbated the Athenians' civil war. Providing a thorough critique and analysis of Thucydides' neglected book 8, Taylor shows that Thucydides praises political compromise centered around the traditional city in Attica. In doing so, he implicitly censures both Pericles and the Athenian imperial project itself.

Pericles and the Conquest of History

Author : Loren J. Samons, II
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316462625
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Pericles and the Conquest of History written by Loren J. Samons, II and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the most famous and important political leader in Athenian history, Pericles has featured prominently in descriptions and analysis of Athenian democracy from antiquity to the present day. Although contemporary historians have tended to treat him as representative of values like liberty and equality, Loren J. Samons, II demonstrates that the quest to make Athens the preeminent power in Greece served as the central theme of Pericles' career. More nationalist than humanist and less rationalist than populist, Pericles' vision for Athens rested on the establishment of an Athenian reputation for military success and the citizens' willingness to sacrifice in the service of this goal. Despite his own aristocratic (if checkered) ancestry, Pericles offered the common and collective Athenian people the kind of fame previously available only to heroes and nobleman, a goal made all the more attractive because of the Athenians' defensiveness about Athens' lackluster early history.

A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic

Author : Dean Hammer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118877780
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic written by Dean Hammer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-08-25 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic offers a comparative approach to examining ancient Greek and Roman participatory communities. Explores various aspects of participatory communities through pairs of chapters—one Greek, one Roman—to highlight comparisons between cultures Examines the types of relationships that sustained participatory communities, the challenges they faced, and how they responded Sheds new light on participatory contexts using diverse methodological approaches Brings an international array of scholars into dialogue with each other

Being Alone in Antiquity

Author : Rafał Matuszewski
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110758113
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Being Alone in Antiquity written by Rafał Matuszewski and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume aims to provide an interdisciplinary examination of various facets of being alone in Greco-Roman antiquity. Its focus is on solitude, social isolation and misanthropy, and the differing perceptions and experiences of and varying meanings and connotations attributed to them in the ancient world. Individual chapters examine a range of ancient contexts in which problems of solitude, loneliness, isolation and seclusion arose and were discussed, and in doing so shed light on some of humankind’s fundamental needs, fears and values.

Athens Transformed, 404-262 BC

Author : Phillip Harding
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317435451
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Athens Transformed, 404-262 BC written by Phillip Harding and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the heady, democratic days of the fifth and fourth centuries, the poorer members of Athenian society, the lower two classes of zeugitai and thetes, enjoyed an unprecedented dominance in both domestic and foreign politics. At home, the participatory nature of the constitution required their presence not only in the lawcourts and assembly, but also in most of the minor magistracies; abroad, they were the driving force of the navy, which ensured Athens’ control of the Aegean and the Black seas. Their participation at all levels was made possible by state pay (for jury duty, attendance in the assembly, public office and military service). In the fifth century state pay was financed largely through the tribute paid by members of the empire, supplemented by the liturgical contributions of the rich and, beginning during the war, a property tax (the eisphora). In the fourth century, almost the whole burden was shouldered by taxation upon the wealthy, especially those who owned property. In this book, author Phillip Harding traces the major changes that occurred in the administration of the state that eventually deprived the lower classes of their supremacy and transferred power into the hands of the wealthy land-owners. Things changed radically after Athens’ defeat in the Lamian (or Hellenic) War in 322BC. Over the next several decades, restriction of the franchise, elimination of pay for some public offices, the loss of the navy, the increased dependence upon local grain from the larger estates in Attika, the removal of the tax burden from the rich by the ending of such major liturgies as the trierarchia and the choregia and the abandoning of the eisphora all contributed to this transformation.

Phocion the Good (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Lawrence Tritle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317750500
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Phocion the Good (Routledge Revivals) written by Lawrence Tritle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plutarch’s Life of Phocion has not been closely analysed since 1840. Laurence Trittle’s study, first published in 1988, offers a new assessment of this significant and complex personality, whilst illuminating the political climate in which he thrived. Though often thought to be of humble origin, Phocion was educated in Plato’s Academy, rose to prominence in the innermost circles of Athenian political life, and was renowned as a soldier throughout the Greek world. Professor Trittle traces the origins and development of the historical tradition that so shaped an image of the "Good" Phocion, so that his actual achievements as a politician and general were all but lost. He can thus now be seen in the context of fourth-century Athens: as a major political leader, a worthy opponent of Philip of Macedon, and a champion of a politics of justice rather than of the traditional politics of enmity.

Comic Invective in Ancient Greek and Roman Oratory

Author : Sophia Papaioannou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110735660
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Comic Invective in Ancient Greek and Roman Oratory written by Sophia Papaioannou and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-08-02 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume acknowledges the centrality of comic invective in a range of oratorical institutions (especially forensic and symbouleutic), and aspires to enhance the knowledge and understanding of how this technique is used in such con-texts of both Greek and Roman oratory. Despite the important scholarly work that has been done in discussing the patterns of using invective in Greek and Roman texts and contexts, there are still notable gaps in our knowledge of the issue. The introduction to, and the twelve chapters of, this volume address some understudied multi-genre and interdisciplinary topics: first, the ways in which comic invective in oratory draws on, or has implications for, comedy and other genres, or how these literary genres are influenced by oratorical theory and practice, and by contemporary socio-political circumstances, in articulating comic invective and targeting prominent individuals; second, how comic invective sustains relationships and promotes persuasion through unity and division; third, how it connects with sexuality, the human body and male/female physiology; fourth, what impact generic dichotomies, as, for example, public-private and defence-prosecution, may have upon using comic invective; and fifth, what the limitations in its use are, depending on the codes of honour and decency in ancient Greece and Rome.

A Companion to Ancient Greek Government

Author : Hans Beck
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118303172
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Ancient Greek Government written by Hans Beck and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume details the variety of constitutions and types of governing bodies in the ancient Greek world. A collection of original scholarship on ancient Greek governing structures and institutions Explores the multiple manifestations of state action throughout the Greek world Discusses the evolution of government from the Archaic Age to the Hellenistic period, ancient typologies of government, its various branches, principles and procedures and realms of governance Creates a unique synthesis on the spatial and memorial connotations of government by combining the latest institutional research with more recent trends in cultural scholarship

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy XXXV

Author : Brad Inwood
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199557799
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy XXXV written by Brad Inwood and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2008-11-06 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback.'The serial Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy (OSAP) is fairlyregarded as the leading venue for publication in ancient philosophy. Itis where one looks to find the state-of-the-art. That the serial, whichpresents itself more as an anthology than as a journal, hastraditionally allowed space for lengthier studies, has tended only toadd to its prestige; it is as if OSAP thus declares that, since itallows as much space as the merits of the subject require, it can bemore entirely devoted to the best and most serious scholarship.'Michael Pakaluk, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

A Companion to the Classical Greek World

Author : Konrad H. Kinzl
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405172010
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis A Companion to the Classical Greek World by : Konrad H. Kinzl

Download or read book A Companion to the Classical Greek World written by Konrad H. Kinzl and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion provides scholarly yet accessible newinterpretations of Greek history of the Classical period, from theaftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 B.C. to the death of Alexanderthe Great in 323 B.C. Topics covered range from the political and institutionalstructures of Greek society, to literature, art, economics,society, warfare, geography and the environment Discusses the problems of interpreting the various sources forthe period Guides the reader towards a broadly-based understanding of thehistory of the Classical Age

Law's Cosmos

Author : Victoria Wohl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521110742
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book Law's Cosmos written by Victoria Wohl and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-07 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the inextricable ties between literary form and legal matter in Athens' juridical discourse.

Ancient Ethics

Author : Susan Sauvé Meyer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135948313
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Ethics written by Susan Sauvé Meyer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive guide and only substantial undergraduate level introduction to ancient Greek and Roman ethics. This book maps the foundations of ethical thought, which is crucial knowledge across the disciplines for a wide variety of readers.

Literary Texts and the Greek Historian

Author : Christopher Pelling
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134906390
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Literary Texts and the Greek Historian written by Christopher Pelling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-22 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our knowledge of Greek history rests largely on literary texts - not merely historians (especially Herodotus, Thucylides and Xenephon), but also tragedies, comedies, speeches, biographies and philosophical works. These texts are themselves among the most skilled and highly wrought productions of a brilliant rhetorical culture. How is the historian to use them? This book addresses this problem by taking a series of extended test-cases, and discussing how we should and should not try to exploit the texts. In some instances we can investigate 'what really happened', and the ways in which the texts manipulate, remould, or colour it according to their own rhetorical strategies; in others the most illuminating aspect may be those strategies themselves, and what they tell us about the culture - how it figured questions of sex and gender, politics, citizenship and the city, the law and the courts and how wars happen. Literary Texts and the Greek Historian concentrates on Athens in the second half of the fifth-century, when many of the principal genres came together, but includes some examples from earlier (Aeschylus ^Oresteia) and later (including Aristotles poetics). Literary Texts and the Greek Historian examines the range of responses to these texts and suggests new ways in which literary criticism can illuminate the society from which these texts sprang.