Polis and Revolution - Responding to Oligarchy in Classical Athens

Informationen zum Autor Julia Shear is a Senior Associate Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Klappentext This book explores how democracy in Athens was recreated and the city rebuilt following the oligarchic revolutions of the fifth century BC. 'Shear displays unusually deep and extensive knowledge of the preserved physical material.' Classical World Zusammenfassung Towards the end of the fifth century BC! Athens underwent two revolutions which both resulted in the establishment of oligarchic regimes. In this book! Julia Shear explores how democracy was restored and the city rebuilt in the aftermath of these coups and examines how the Athenians responded both individually and corporately. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Responding to oligarchy in Athens: an introduction; 2. Revolution, oligarchy and the patrios politeia; 3. Restoring Athens: democracy and law; 4. Reclaiming Athens: the demos and the city; 5. Remembering and forgetting: rituals and the demos; 6. The Thirty and the law; 7. Reconciling the Athenians; 8. Recreating democracy: documents and the law; 9. The agora and the democratic city; 10. Forgetting or remembering: oligarchy, stasis and the demos; 11. The strategies of democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Julia L. Shear, Julia L. (American School of Classical Stud Shear, SHEAR JULIA L, Shear Julia L.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.04.2011
• EAN: 9780521760447
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76044-7
• No. of pages: 386
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Politics & government, Politics and government, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory