Decrees of Fourth Century Athens 403;2 322;1 Bc: Volume 1, the - Literary Evidenc

Comprehensive collection, translation and analysis of the literary evidence for fourth-century Athenian decrees, offering perspectives on politics and direct democracy.

List of contents

Introduction; Inventory A checklist; Checklist by genre type; Inventory A1: 403/2-353/2; Inventory A2: 352/1-322/1; Inventory B checklist; Inventory B1: testimonia that can be Identified as Probable Decrees (DP); Inventory B2: other possible decrees.

About the author

Peter Liddel is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Manchester. He has published extensively on Greek political history, notably Civic Obligation and Individual Liberty in Ancient Athens (2007), as well as on Greek history, historiography and epigraphy. He is co-editor of the Annual of the British School at Athens, and serves as co-editor of Brill's New Jacoby and as associate editor of Polis. He is a founding member of the Editorial Board of the Attic Inscriptions Online project and is also co-investigator in a project to digitally publish Attic inscriptions in UK collections (AIUK).

Summary

This two-volume work comprehensively collects, translates and explains the literary evidence for decrees of the fourth-century Athenian assembly. Important for scholars and students of ancient history and politics, providing new perspectives on the working of ancient Greek direct democracy and its political legacy.

Product details

• Authors: TRANSLATE EDITED AN
• Assisted by: Peter Liddel (Editor), Peter Liddel (Translation), Peter P. (University of Manchester) Liddel (Translation), Peter Liddel (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781107184985
• ISBN: 978-1-107-18498-5
• No. of pages: 1006
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Politikwissenschaft, Antike, Literaturwissenschaft: Antike und Mittelalter, Europäische Geschichte, Oral History, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Mündlich überlieferte Geschichte, Oral History, History of Ideas, European History, Political Ideologies, Politische Ideologien, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Social History, Political science & theory, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: general, Ancient History, Political science and theory, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Political ideologies and movements