The Greek City States: A source book

by: Rhodes, P.J.

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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.

Provides detailed coverage of Athens and Sparta, the best documented states, but also includes material on many other states in mainland Greece and outside
Extends in time from Homer to the Roman Empire
Compiled by one of the leading experts in the subject who has extensive experience teaching the subject

Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The Homeric state
2. The archaic state
3. Economic and political development: tyranny and after
4. Sparta
5. Athens
6. Women and children
7. Economic life
8. Religion
9. Other cities
10. Beyond the single city
11. The Hellenistic and Roman periods.

The Greek City States: A source book

by: Rhodes, P.J.

• ISBN-13: 9780521615563 / 978-0-521-61556-3
• ISBN-03: 0521615569 / 0-521-61556-9
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007

Price: 32,00 EURO

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