Language and history in ancient Greek culture / Martin Ostwald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ostwald, Martin, 1922-2010.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Greece--History--To 1500.

Political science.

Political science--Philosophy--History--To 1500.

Political science--Philosophy.

History.

Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

Civilization.

Civilization, Modern--Greek influences.

Civilization, Modern.

Physical Description:

vi, 322 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009]

Summary:

Renowned scholar of Ancient Greek Martin Ostwald explains, for a modern audience, the terms by which the ancient Greeks saw and lived their lives--and influenced ours.

Contents:

A Political Culture of the Polis

Chapter 1 Shares and Rights: "Citizenship" Greek Style and American Style 7

Chapter 2 Isokratia as a Political Concept 22

Chapter 3 Oligarchy and Oligarchs in Ancient Greece 39

Chapter 4 Stasis and Autonomia in Samos: A Comment on an Ideological Fallacy 52

Chapter 5 Peace and War in Plato and Aristotle 69

B Nomos in Greek History and Thought

Chapter 6 Pindar, Nomos, and Heracles (Pindar, frg. 169 [Snell3] and Poxy. No. 2450, frg.1) 93

Chapter 7 Was There a Concept Agraphos Nomos in Classical Greece? 125

Chapter 8 Nomos and Physis in Antiphon's $$ 158

C Constitutional and Political Institutions of Athens

Chapter 9 Athenian Democracy-Reality or Illusion? 175

Chapter 10 Public Expense: Whose Obligation? Athens 600-454 B.C.E 191

Chapter 11 Diodotus, Son of Eucrates 205

Chapter 12 Athens and Chalkis: A Study in Imperial Control 214

Chapter 13 The Areopagus in the Athenaion Politeia 230

Chapter 14 The Sophists and Athenian Politics 245

D Literature and History

Chapter 15 Herodotus and Athens 265

Chapter 16 Thucydides 278.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780812241495

0812241495

OCLC:

244246590