Demos - The Discovery of Classical Attika

Klappentext Demos is a study of a classical city-state! providing an integrated account which gives due attention to the countryside as well as urban areas of a polis. Zusammenfassung Demos is a study of a classical city-state! providing an integrated account which gives due attention to the countryside as well as urban areas of a polis. Concentrating on classical Athens! it establishes the nature of settlement in the countryside and how it relates to farming! mineral mining and political participation in local and central politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; List of plates; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The polis and its politai; Part I. The Central Thesis: 2. The pattern of settlement of classical Attika; 3. The pattern of land-holding in classical Attika; 4. Demes and democracy: local politics and the politics of locality; 5. Athenian stone resources and their exploitation; 6. Patterns of exploitation in the Athenian silver mines; 7. Kinsmen and neighbours, choosing and using; 8. The religious factor: confirmation or alternative?; Conclusion; 9. The replacement of Athens; Appendices; Plates; Notes; Index of passages cited; General index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Robin Osborne, Robin (Magdalen College Osborne, Osborne Robin, Osborne Robin
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 28.02.1985
• EAN: 9780521267762
• ISBN: 978-0-521-26776-2
• Pages: 300
• Thèmes: Plays by Renaissance and Resto; Cambridge Classical Studies
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Antiquité; Ancient Greece, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, General & world history, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE