Democracy in Classical Athens (Classical World) [2 ed.] 1474286364, 9781474286367

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Democracy in Classical Athens (Classical World) [2 ed.]
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For two centuries classical Athens enjoyed almost uninterrupted democratic government. This was not a parliamentary demo

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"For two centuries classical Athens enjoyed almost uninterrupted democratic government. This was not a parliamentar

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His book can profitably be read by anyone concerned with the issues at the heart of classical and contemporary democracy

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In his On the Glory of Athens, Plutarch complained that the Athenian people spent more on the production of dramatic fes

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The democratic legal system created by the Athenians was completely controlled by ordinary citizens, with no judges, law

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A broad look at the sex lives and sexual beliefs of the ancient Athenians From courtship and marriage to adultery and p

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Scholarly investigations of the rich field of verbal and extraverbal Athenian insults have typically been undertaken pie

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Much has been written about the world’s first democracy, but no book so far has been dedicated solely to the study of en

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In the second and third quarters of the fifth century BC, when Athens became both politically and culturally dominant in

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In this original and rewarding combination of intellectual and political history, Ryan Balot offers a thorough historica

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