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Silence and democracy : Athenian politics in Thucydides' history /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zumbrunnen, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Political participation > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
Democracy > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
Thucydides. > History of the Peloponnesian War.
Athens (Greece) > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Athenian stasis and the quiet of the mob
  • The silence of hoi Athenaioi : two modes of Athenian action in the history
  • Deliberative action and Athenian "character"
  • The silence of the demos and the challenges of political judgment : on the "decline" of Athenian politics
  • Justice and empire : Athenian silence and the representation of Athens abroad
  • Athenian silence and the fate of Plataea.