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Silence and democracy : Athenian politics in Thucydides' History / John Zumbrunnen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zumbrunnen, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.
- Democracy.
- Political participation.
- History.
- Greece--Athens.
- Political participation--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.
- Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War.
- Thucydides.
- Athens (Greece)--Politics and government.
- Athens (Greece).
- Physical Description:
- viii, 200 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Athenian stasis and the quiet of the mob
- The silence of hoi Athenaioi : two modes of Athenian action in the History
- Deliberative action and Athenian "character"
- The silence of the demos and the challenges of political judgment : on the "decline" of Athenian politics
- Justice and empire : Athenian silence and the representation of Athens abroad
- Athenian silence and the fate of Plataea
- Conclusion : Thucydides for democrats?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [192]-197) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271033570
- 0271033576
- OCLC:
- 176648940
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