The Birth of the Athenian Community

From Solon to Cleisthenes

Sviatoslav Dmitriev (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

408 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-08351-6 (ISBN)

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The Birth of the Athenian Community elucidates the social and political development of Athens in the sixth century, when, as a result of reforms by Solon and Cleisthenes (at the beginning and end of the sixth century, respectively), Athens turned into the most advanced and famous city, or polis, of the entire ancient Greek civilization. Undermining the current dominant approach, which seeks to explain ancient Athens in modern terms, dividing all Athenians into citizens and non-citizens, this book rationalizes the development of Athens, and other Greek poleis, as a gradually rising complexity, rather than a linear progression. The multidimensional social fabric of Athens was comprised of three major groups: the kinship community of the astoi, whose privileged status was due to their origins; the legal community of the politai, who enjoyed legal and social equality in the polis; and the political community of the demotai, or adult males with political rights. These communities only partially overlapped. Their evolving relationship determined the course of Athenian history, including Cleisthenes’ establishment of demokratia, which was originally, and for a long time, a kinship democracy, since it only belonged to qualified male astoi.

Sviatoslav Dmitriev (Ph.D., Harvard University, 2001) has authored City Government in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor (2005) and The Greek Slogan of Freedom and Early Roman Politics in Greece (2011), as well as articles on ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine history. His current projects focus on the Athenian orator Demades and the Byzantine erudite John Lydus, who lived a thousand years apart. He is an associate professor of history at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.

Preface. Introduction. Part One: The kinship community. 1. The Athenian kinsme.n 2. Solon’s organization of the kinship community. Part Two: The legal community. 3. Politeia and politai. 4. Solon and the Athenian politeia. Part Three: The political community. 5. Politeia and politics. 6. Cleisthenes and the emergence of the political community. Epilogue: Approximating the Athenian community, Appendices, Indices, Select Bibliography.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.12.2017
Zusatzinfo	9 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	657 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	1-138-08351-8 / 1138083518
ISBN-13	978-1-138-08351-6 / 9781138083516
Zustand	Neuware