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Political Trials in Ancient Greece (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Richard A. Bauman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000082937

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Political Trials in Ancient Greece (Routledge Revivals) by Richard A. Bauman Pdf

During the inspired years of the Athenian empire, through the tragedy of its collapse, to the more prosaic era that followed, most of the great names in Athenian history were involved in the procedures of criminal law. Political Trials in Ancient Greece, first published in 1990, explores the relationships between historical process, constitution, law, political machinations and foreign policy, concentrating on fifth and fourth century Athens and on Macedonia. These trials contribute significant details to our knowledge of such towering figures as Aeschylus, Pericles, Thucydides, Alcibiades, Socrates, Demosthenes and Aristotle, as well as a diverse collection of Macedonian defendants. The jurisdiction of the Areopagus, trials of communities, and the personal jurisdiction of the Macedonian king are also examined. Richard Bauman’s original account broadens our understanding of Greek legal institutions and of the ancient Greek approach to the law, as well as the general ethos of Athenian and Macedonian society.

Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Frank Vatai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317749745

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Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World (Routledge Revivals) by Frank Vatai Pdf

Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World, first published in 1984, was the first comprehensive study of this recurrent theme in political sociology with specific reference to antiquity, and led to significant revaluation of the role of intellectuals in everyday political life. The term ‘intellectual’ is carefully defined, and figures as diverse as Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle; Isocrates, Heracleides of Ponteius and Clearchus of Soli are discussed. The author examines the difference between the success of an intellectual politician, like Solon, and the failure of those such as Plato who attempted to mould society to abstract ideals. It is concluded that, ultimately, most philosophers were conspicuously unsuccessful when they intervened in politics: citizens regarded them as propagandists for their rulers, while rulers treated them as intellectual ornaments. The result was that many thinkers retreated to inter-scholastic disputation where the political objects of discussion increasingly became far removed from contemporary reality.

Law and Society in Classical Athens (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Richard Garner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317800507

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Law and Society in Classical Athens (Routledge Revivals) by Richard Garner Pdf

Law and Society in Classical Athens, first published in 1987, traces the development of legal thought and its relation to Athenian values. Previously Athens’ courts have been regarded as chaotic, isolated from the rest of society and even bizarre. The importance of rhetoric and the mischief made by Aristophanes have devalued the legal process in the eyes of modern scholars, whilst the analysis of legal codes and practice has seemed dauntingly complex. Professor Garner aims to situate the Athenian legal system within the general context of abstract thought on justice and of the democratic politics of the fifth century. His work is a valuable source of information on all aspects of Athenian law and its relation to culture.

Trials from Classical Athens

Author : Christopher Carey
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0415107601

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Trials from Classical Athens by Christopher Carey Pdf

This comprehensive book will be a fundamental resource for students of Ancient Greek history and anyone interested in the law, social history and oratory of the Ancient Greek world.Trials from Classical Athens presents a selection of key forensic speeches with new translations and lucid explanatory notes, detailing the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments and a discussion of the legal issues raised. Carey offers a diverse repertory of legal case studies which deal with different aspects of Athenian law. The volume provides a unique and accessible introduction to the Athenian legal system and how the system reveals the values and social life of Classical Athens. This comprehensive book will be a fundamental resource for students of Ancient Greek history and anyone interested in the law, social history and oratory of the Ancient Greek world.

Dionysius I of Syracuse and Greek Tyranny (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Lionel Jehuda Sanders
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317808305

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Dionysius I of Syracuse and Greek Tyranny (Routledge Revivals) by Lionel Jehuda Sanders Pdf

Professor Sanders’ full-length study of Dionysius I, one of the most powerful figures of fourth-century BC Greece, is the first to appear in English, and marks an important reassessment of the ‘tyrant’ of Syracuse. Dionysius I regularly appears in the surviving historical accounts as a tyrant in the worst – modern – sense of the word: cruelty, intransigence, arrogance are all part of this stereotype. Yet here is a ruler who, according to the ancient testimony, was deeply concerned with the establishment of a just regime and to whom Plato turned to found the ideal Republic. The hostile picture of Dionysius that has come down to us is basically Athenian, Sanders argues, deriving from political circles engaged in propaganda aimed at tarnishing the tyrant’s reputation. Dionysius I of Syracuse and Greek Tyranny will be of interest to those engaged with the history, historiography and political practice of the ancient world.

Athens after the Peloponnesian War (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Barry Strauss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317697688

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Athens after the Peloponnesian War (Routledge Revivals) by Barry Strauss Pdf

Historians are used to studying the origins of war. The rebuilding in the aftermath of war is a subject that – at least in the case of Athens – has received far less attention. Along with the problems of reconstructing the economy and replenishing the population, the problem of renegotiating political consensus was equally acute. Athens after the Peloponnesian War, first published in 1986, undertakes a radically new investigation into the nature of Athenian political groups. The general model of ‘faction’ provided by political anthropology provides an indispensable paradigm for the Athenian case. More widely, Professor Strauss argues for the importance of the economic, social and ideological changes resulting from the Peloponnesian War in the development of political nexus. Athens after the Peloponnesian War offers a detailed demographic analysis, astute insight into political discourse, and is altogether one of the most thorough treatments of this important period in the Athenian democracy.

Torture and Truth (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Page duBois
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315470887

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Torture and Truth (Routledge Revivals) by Page duBois Pdf

First published in 1991, this book — through the examination of ancient Greek literary, philosophical and legal texts — analyses how the Athenian torture of slaves emerged from and reinforced the concept of truth as something hidden in the human body. It discusses the tradition of understanding truth as something that is generally concealed and the ideas of ‘secret space’ in both the female body and the Greek temple. This philosophy and practice is related to Greek views of the ‘Other’ (women and outsiders) and considers the role of torture in distinguishing slave and free in ancient Athens. A wide range of perspectives — from Plato to Sartre — are employed to examine the subject.

Violence, Civil Strife and Revolution in the Classical City (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Andrew Lintott,Emeritus Fellow Andrew Lintott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-10
Category : Greece
ISBN : 1138019739

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Violence, Civil Strife and Revolution in the Classical City (Routledge Revivals) by Andrew Lintott,Emeritus Fellow Andrew Lintott Pdf

Violence, Civil Strife and Revolution in the Classical City, first published in 1982, gives a conspectus of stasis in the societies of Greek antiquity, and traces the development of civil strife as city-states grew in political, social and economic sophistication. Special consideration is given to the attitudes of the participants and the theoretical explanations offered at the time.

Athens in Decline (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Claude Mossé
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317754312

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Athens in Decline (Routledge Revivals) by Claude Mossé Pdf

Athens has, at different times and from different points of view, been cited as a model of moderate democracy and triumphant humanism, or, on the contrary, as an illustration of the disorders due to demagoguery and misguided imperialism. Professor Mossé looks beyond these judgments to discuss the exceptional destiny of Athens – a city which for two centuries dominated the Eastern Mediterranean world, but then faded from the political scene when Rome extended its control over the whole Mediterranean. The history of Athenian democracy does not end in 404 BC, as is sometimes thought, when the city capitulated to Sparta at the end of its Golden Age. Athens in Decline, first published in 1973, demonstrates how the city experienced another seventy-five years of greatness, and survived, more or less curtailed, under Macedonian domination. She examines the reasons for the final collapse and follows the stages of a decline which was not wholly without grandeur.

Polis & Politics

Author : Pernille Flensted-Jensen,Thomas Heine Nielsen,Mogens Herman Hansen,Lene Rubinstein
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 8772896280

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Polis & Politics by Pernille Flensted-Jensen,Thomas Heine Nielsen,Mogens Herman Hansen,Lene Rubinstein Pdf

Contains 35 articles devoted to different aspects of the Greek polis and is intended not only as a present for Mogens Herman Hansen on his sixtieth birthday, but also as a way of thanking him for his significant contributions to the field of Greek history over the past three decades.

Herodotus and Greek History (Routledge Revivals)

Author : John Hart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317678380

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Herodotus and Greek History (Routledge Revivals) by John Hart Pdf

Herodotus has shaped our knowledge of life, religion, war and politics in ancient Greece immeasurably, as well as being one of the most entertaining of all Classical Greek authors: fascinating, perceptive, accessible and not at all pretentious. Herodotus and Greek History, first published in 1982, examines the themes and preoccupations which form the basis for Herodotus’ style of history. The Athenian nobility, important protagonists in the context of what we know of his sources; the human and divine forces, which Herodotus understood as influencing the course of history; and the concepts of character and motivation are all discussed. Herodotus’ treatment of religious belief and oracles, politics and war, and his portrayal of certain prominent individuals are specifically investigated. The final chapter situates Herodotus in his historical context. John Hart’s lucid, well-informed and lively discussion of Herodotus will be value to A-level candidates, school teachers, undergraduates, lecturers and curious non-classicists alike.

A History of the Greek and Roman World (Routledge Revivals)

Author : George B. Grundy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317704348

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A History of the Greek and Roman World (Routledge Revivals) by George B. Grundy Pdf

A History of the Greek and Roman World, first published in 1926, presents the story of Graeco-Roman antiquity from its earliest recorded origins to the height of the Roman imperium. It aims to bring into prominence the internal dynamism - political, cultural, intellectual, and aesthetic – which animated the ancient peoples at different periods of their history, and to draw attention to the physical, socio-economic and religious conditions under which they lived. Written in a style which will likely be unfamiliar to modern readers, Grundy’s historical portrait is painted with broad brush-strokes, offering not only compelling narrative but also incisive commentary on the individuals and societies which occupy the foreground. A History of the Greek and Roman World will be of interest for the general enthusiast as well as students, who may value such a radically different approach to the interpretation of antiquity compared to the conventions which prevail amongst contemporary scholars.

Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Frank Vatai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317749738

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Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World (Routledge Revivals) by Frank Vatai Pdf

Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World, first published in 1984, was the first comprehensive study of this recurrent theme in political sociology with specific reference to antiquity, and led to significant revaluation of the role of intellectuals in everyday political life. The term ‘intellectual’ is carefully defined, and figures as diverse as Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle; Isocrates, Heracleides of Ponteius and Clearchus of Soli are discussed. The author examines the difference between the success of an intellectual politician, like Solon, and the failure of those such as Plato who attempted to mould society to abstract ideals. It is concluded that, ultimately, most philosophers were conspicuously unsuccessful when they intervened in politics: citizens regarded them as propagandists for their rulers, while rulers treated them as intellectual ornaments. The result was that many thinkers retreated to inter-scholastic disputation where the political objects of discussion increasingly became far removed from contemporary reality.

Interpretations of Greek Mythology (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Jan N. Bremmer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317800248

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Interpretations of Greek Mythology (Routledge Revivals) by Jan N. Bremmer Pdf

Interpretations of Greek Mythology, first published in1987, builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the ‘Paris school’ of Jean-Pierre Vernant, and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The contributors to this volume present a variety of approaches to the Greek myths, all of which eschew a monolithic or exclusively structuralist hermeneutic method. Specifically, the notion that mythology can simply be read as a primitive mode of narrative history is rejected, with emphasis instead being placed on the relationships between mythology and history, ritual and political genealogy. The essays concentrate on some of the best known characters and themes – Oedipus, Orpheus, Narcissus – reflecting the complexity and fascination of the Greek imagination. The volume will long remain an indispensable tool for the study of Greek mythology, and it is of great interest to anyone interested in the development of Greek culture and civilisation and the nature of myth.

Law & Society in Classical Athens

Author : Richard Garner
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Law
ISBN : 0312008562

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Law & Society in Classical Athens by Richard Garner Pdf

The aim of this book is to situate the Athenian legal system within the general context of Greek thought on justice and of the political system of the democracy. Social factors such as the position of women are also relevant to the study of the law. In addition, the author has taken cognisance of the archæological evidence for the practice of the Athenian law courts; and the evidence for forensic practice both in speeches and in the drama is carefully discussed. -- Book jacket.