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03527aam a22005298i 4500 001 3B27D164C17411E49647BAD4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150303010228 008 140724s2015 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014017405 020 $a 1441147764 (ePub) 020 $a 9781441147769 (ePub) 020 $a 1441113711 (paperback) 020 $a 9781441113719 (paperback) 020 $a 0826420346 (hardback) 020 $a 9780826420343 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)657602804 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d ERASA $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d ZCU $d NDD $d EYM $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gr--- 050 00 $a JC75.D36 $b A76 2015 082 00 $a 320.938/509014 $2 23 084 $a HIS002010 $a HIS002010 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Asmonti, Luca. 245 10 $a Athenian democracy : $b a sourcebook / $c Luca Asmonti. 264 1 $a London ; $b Bloomsbury Academic, $c 2015. 300 $a xiv, 246 pages ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a Bloomsbury sources in ancient history 520 $a "This volume presents a wide range of literary and epigraphic sources on the history of the world's first democracy, offering a comprehensive survey of the key themes and principles of Athenian democratic culture. Beginning with the mythical origins of Athenian democracy under Theseus and describing the historical development of Athens' democratic institutions through Solon's reforms to the birth of democracy under Cleisthenes, the book addresses the wider cultural and social repercussions of the democratic system, concluding with a survey of Athenian democracy in the Hellenistic and Roman age. All sources are presented in translation with full annotation and commentary and each chapter opens with an introduction to provide background and direction for readers. Sources include material by Aristotle, Homer, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Thucydides, Cicero, Tacitus and many others. The volume also includes an A-Z of key terms, an annotated bibliography with suggestions for further reading in the primary sources as well as modern critical works on Athenian democracy, and a full index"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 1: What do we mean by polis? -- 2: The birth of Athens and the roots of democracy -- 3: Draconian laws -- 4: Solonian laws -- 5: How tyranny helped the establishment of democracy -- 6: Cleisthenes and the birth of democracy -- 7: The Persian Wars and the link between democracy and the naval empire -- 8: Democracy and pentekontaeitia -- 9: Democracy and the effects of the Peloponnesian War -- 10: Democracy and the decline of the polis -- 11: Athenian democracy in the Hellenistic and Roman age. 650 0 $a Democracy $z Athens $z Athens $x History. 651 0 $a Greece $x Politics and government $y To 146 B.C. 651 0 $a Athens (Greece) $x Politics and government. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Ancient / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Ancient / Greece. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Democracy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00890077 650 7 $a Political science. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069781 651 7 $a Greece. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208380 651 7 $a Greece $z Athens. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204474 648 7 $a To 146 B.C. $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Bloomsbury sources in ancient history. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20201203012151.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213014829.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3B27D164C17411E49647BAD4DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search