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Informationen zum Autor Professor Stanton is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England, Australia. Klappentext "Athenian Politics" examines the limitations and problems attendant upon the use of traditional sources to understand Athenian history. Presenting, in translation, virtually all the sources from which scholars have drawn their conclusions about ancient Athenian society--from contemporary accounts and stone inscriptions to Egyptian papyri--Stanton challenges the way scholars have viewed ancient Athens. Covering the period from the reforms of Solon to the constitutional changes of Kleisthenes, "Athenian Politics" explores democracy's paradoxical emergence from the actions of an undemocratic noble elite. Zusammenfassung A critical approach to the sources of information on ancient Athenian politics presenting contemporary sources, later historical and biographical writings, archaeological evidence, inscriptions on stone, and papyri from Egypt. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I Attike before Solon II Solon III From Solon to Peisistratos IV The Peisistratid tyranny V Kleisthenes VI The noble families
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Professor Stanton is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of New
England, Australia.
