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Language and history in ancient Greek culture / Martin Ostwald.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ostwald, Martin, 1922-2010.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Modern--Greek influences.
- Civilization, Modern.
- Political science--Philosophy--History--To 1500.
- Political science.
- Political science--Greece--History--To 1500.
- History.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.
- Greece.
- Civilization.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- History.
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 322 pages)
- Other Title:
- Penn Press e-books.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- 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:
- OldControl:muse9780812206098.
- "Multi-User"
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780812206098
- 0812206096
- OCLC:
- 794702315
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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