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Demos: The Discovery of Classical Attika

By Robin Osborne

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1985
ISBN
0521267765, 9780521267762
LCC
HN10.A8
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
19 MB (19594474 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Classical Studies
Pages
150\150
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Demos is a study of a classical city-state. It is the first attempt to provide an integrated account which gives due attention to the countryside as well as the urban areas of a polis. Concentrating on classical Athens, for which the literary and archaeological evidence is richest, Dr Osborne establishes the nature of settlement in the countryside and explores how this relates to the farming of the land, the exploitation of mineral resources, and the nature of political participation in both local and central politics. Further studies reveal the way in which the countryside was structured by religious institutions and cults and by the nature of the family.

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