The Athenian Experiment: Building an Imagined Political Community in Ancient Attica, 508-490 B.C - Rilegato

Anderson, Greg

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ISBN 10: 0472113208 ISBN 13: 9780472113200

Casa editrice: Univ of Michigan Pr, 2003

Riassunto

Before the end of the 6th century BC Athens was a middle-ranking city-state with few great monuments and buildings, little economic or political significance, little influence in external affairs and was at times militarily vulnerable and politically unstable. So, how, by the end of the 5th century, did it emerge as a great region-state and Hellenic power that went on to change the course of Greek history? Greg Anderson attempts to find out how this seemingly miraculous process came about by examining the political, economic and social changes that took place in the age of Cleisthenes. Looking at archaeological and written evidence, Anderson argues that Athens was not a dormant nation-state in the pre-Classical period waiting to burst forth, but that it was not until the end of the 6th century that the Athenian experiment began to take shape. `A clear-eyed, original, and compelling reinterpretation of sixth-century Athenian history and the origins of Athens' democracy' - Robert Wallace.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Michigan Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0472113208
• ISBN 13: 9780472113200
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288