Literacy and Democracy in Fifth-Century Athens

Informationen zum Autor Anna Missiou is Associate Professor of Ancient Greek History at the University of Crete. Her previous publications include The Subversive Oratory of Andokides: Politics, Ideology and Decision-Making in Democratic Athens (1992). Klappentext The first full study of the relationship between literacy and democracy in fifth-century Athens. Zusammenfassung The first full study of the relationship between literacy and democracy in fifth-century Athens. Through a close analysis of key democratic institutions! such as ostracism! the Council of 500! and the demes and tribes! Missiou argues that literacy was widespread among the common citizens of Athens. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: background, concepts and issues; 1. The geography of literacy; 2. Literacy and political ethos: the institution of ostracism; 3. Literacy through intermediaries: I. the ostraka; 4. Literacy through intermediaries: II. stone inscriptions; 5. Athenian literacy in its sociopolitical context; Conclusions: literacy and Athenian democracy; Appendix I: studying the ostraka: technical difficulties and personal assumptions; Appendix II: for an early date for the institution of the prytaneis; Appendix III: literacy beyond the urban centre: councillors-prytaneis from remote demes.

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• Authors: Anna Missiou, Anna (University of Crete) Missiou, Missiou Anna
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521111409
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11140-9
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Ancient Greece, Literacy, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Political structures: democracy, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Political structures / systems: democracy