Athenian Democracy · A Sourcebook (Bloomsbury Sources in Ancient History) by Asmonti, Luca -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Bloomsbury Sources in Ancient History Title Contents Preface Abbreviations Introduction I. What Do We Mean By Polis?

1. Polis: A definition 2. Origins of polis: Homer 3. Origins of polis: The earliest use of polis as ‘political community’

2. The Birth of Athens and the Roots of Democracy

4. Basic elements of democracy 5. Athens before the polis 6. Theseus the democratic icon 7. A brief history of the Athenian constitution

3. Two Lawgivers: Draco and Solon

8. The Athenian state after the synoecism 9. Draco and the Athenian constitution 10. Solon’s reforms: Blueprint to democracy

4. Pisistratus: Tyranny as a Pathway to Democracy

11. Archaic tyrannies 12. Athenian politics after Solon 13. Tyranny in Athens 14. The overthrowing of a tyranny

5. Cleisthenes and the Birth of Democracy

15. Cleisthenes the aristocratic democrat 16. Isonomia in practice

6. Democracy, Empire and the Persian Wars

7. Democracy Accomplished

8. Building a Unique Community

9. Democracy and the Problem of Individual Leadership

10. Athens, the Democratic Empire

11. Democracy and the Effects of the Peloponnesian War: Crisis and Reconstruction

12. Democracy Abolished and Restored

36. The Thirty and the amnesty 37. Plato, the death of Socrates and the debate on democracy 38. Socrates’ trial and the power of rhetoric

13. Athenian Democracy in the Fourth Century

Notes Further Reading Index of Passages Index of Names Copyright