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The Birth of democracy : an exhibition celebrating the 2,500th anniversary of democracy at the National Archives, Washington, DC, June 15, 1993-January 2, 1994 :

by: Ober, J. Hedrick, Ch.W.

Price: 30,00 EURO

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Category: Reception of Antiquity
Code: 16861
ISBN-13: 9780876619506 / 978-0-87661-950-6
ISBN-10: 876619502 / 0-87661-950-2
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Paper
Pages: 179
Book Condition: Very good
Comments: [organized by] the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, the National Archives, Washington, DC, the Ministry of Culture of Greece / 179 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.

The Birth of democracy : an exhibition celebrating the 2,500th anniversary of democracy at the National Archives, Washington, DC, June 15, 1993-January 2, 1994 : [organized by] the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, the National Archives, Washington, DC, the Ministry of Culture of Greece

Authors:Josiah Ober, Charles W. Hedrick, Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία), United States National Archives and Records Administration, Greece Hypourgeio Politismou

 

179 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm

Contents:
Writing and the Athenian democracy (C. W. Hedrick); Representations of Athenian democracy in Attic document reliefs (C. Lawton); The birth of democracy (P. G. Calligas); Pottery, private life and politics (P. Shapiro); Personifications of democracy (O. Tzachou-Delmouzou); A court trial in Athens early in the 4th century B.C. (A. L. Boegehold); Oaths and oathtaking in ancient Athens (D. Peppa-Delmouzou); The political rhetoric of America's founders (J. Roberts); 19th-century photography in Athens (A. Szegedy-Maszak).

 

This is the catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Archives in Washington D.C. to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the beginnings of democracy in Athens, interpreted as the implementation of Cleisthenes' governmental reforms. This informative catalogue includes color illustrations of the objects displayed: sculptures, architectural models, and small objects from Athens and from museums in America and Europe. The objects are set in context with nine short essays.Table of ContentsWriting and the Athenian democracy (C. W. Hedrick); Representations of Athenian democracy in Attic document reliefs (C. Lawton); The birth of democracy (P. G. Calligas); Pottery, private life and politics (P. Shapiro); Personifications of democracy (O. Tzachou-Delmouzou); A court trial in Athens early in the 4th century B.C. (A. L. Boegehold); Oaths and oathtaking in ancient Athens (D. Peppa-Delmouzou); The political rhetoric of America?s founders (J. Roberts); 19th-century photography in Athens (A. Szegedy-Maszak).

 
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