Athens and Athenian democracy

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Autor principal: Osborne, Robin, 1957-
Format: Livre papier
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne [etc] : Cambridge University Press 2010, cop. 2010.
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Taula de continguts:
  • Preface: 1. Changing visions of democracy
  • Part I. Making Athenian Democracy Work
  • 2. Athenian democracy : something to celebrate?
  • 3. The demos and its divisions in Classical Athens
  • 4. Inscribing performance
  • Part II. Athenian Democracy and the Athenian Economy
  • 5. The economics and politics of slavery at Athens
  • 6. Pride and prejudice, sense and subsistence : exchange and society in the Greek city
  • 7. "Is it a farm?" The definition of agricultural sites and settlements in ancient Greece
  • 8. The potential mobility of human populations
  • Part III. Athenian Democracy and the Athenian Legal System
  • 9. Law in action in classical Athens
  • 10. Vexatious litigation in classical Athens: sykophancy and the sycophant; 11. Religion, imperial politics, and the offering of freedom to slaves
  • 12. Law, the democratic citizen, and the representation of women in classical Athens
  • 13. Changing the discourse
  • Part IV. Athenian Democracy on Display
  • 14. The viewing and obscuring of the Parthenon frieze
  • 15. Democracy and imperialism in the Panathenaic procession : the Parthenon frieze in its context
  • Part V. Athenian Democracy and the Gods
  • 16. Competitive festivals and the polis : a context for dramatic festivals at Athens
  • 17. The erection and mutilation of the hermai
  • 18. The ecstasy and the tragedy : varieties of religious experience in art, drama, and society
  • Coda : from ritual to politics, and back again