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The Greek City States: A Source Book, 2nd Edition

By P. J. Rhodes

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0521850495, 9780521850490, 0511286325, 9780511284793, 0521615569, 9780521615563
LCC
JC71.A1 R46 2007
Google Books ID
MOd1QgAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL22754157M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2645141 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
354\354
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Political activity and political thinking began in the cities and other states of ancient Greece, and terms such as tyranny, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy and politics itself are Greek words for concepts first discussed in Greece. Rhodes presents in translation a selection of texts illustrating the formal mechanisms and informal workings of the Greek states in all their variety. From the states described by Homer out of which the classical Greeks believed their states had developed, through the archaic period which saw the rise and fall of tyrants and the gradual broadening of citizen bodies, to the classical period of the fifth and fourth centuries, Rhodes also looks beyond that to the Hellenistic and Roman periods in which the Greeks tried to preserve their way of life in a world of great powers. For this second edition the book has been thoroughly revised and three new chapters added.

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