Athenian democratic origins : and other essays /

"In these interconnected essays the late Geoffrey de Ste. Croix defends the institutions of the Athenian democracy, showing that they were much more practical, rational, and impartial than has usually been acknowledged. A major essay provides a new view of Aristotle's use of sources in The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	De Ste. Croix, G. E. M. (Geoffrey Ernest Maurice)
Other Authors:	Harvey, David, 1937-, Parker, Robert, 1950-, Thonemann, Peter
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:	Democracy > Greece > Athens > History. Athens (Greece) > Politics and government. Démocratie > Grèce > Athènes > Histoire. Athènes (Grèce) > Politique et gouvernement. Démocratie locale > Grèce > Athènes > Histoire. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civics & Citizenship. Democracy Politics and government Greece > Athens Demokratie Athen Democratie. Griekse oudheid. Geschiedbronnen. Geschichte 500 v. Chr.-400 v. Chr. Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

The Solonian census classes and the qualifications for cavalry and hoplite service
Five notes on Solon's constitution
Solon, the Horoi and the Hektemoroi
Cleisthenes I : the constitution
Cleisthenes II : ostracism, archons and strategoi
The Athenian citizenship laws
The Athenaion politeia and early Athenian history
The metra in Aristotle, Eth. Nic. V vii 5, 1134b35-1135a3
How far was trade a cause of early Greek colonisation?
But what about Aegina?
Herodotus and King Cleomenes I of Sparta.