The composition of Aristotle's Athenaion politeia : observation and explanation / John J. Keaney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keaney, John J., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. Athēnaiōn politeia.

Aristotle.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A critical analysis of Aristotle's historical document on Athenian democracy, which starts from the belief that the ""Athenaion Politeia"" does not fit any ancient genre. The author argues that Aristotle created a new genre and was not therefore inhibited by generic constraints of any kind.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Origin and Authorship of the Politeiai; 2. The ""Cultural"" Origin of the πολιτεiαι; 3. The ""πολιτεiα"" Genre and Its Origin; 4. The Unity of the 'Αθπολ; 5. Observation and Explanation; 6. Methods and Purposes; 7. Structure and Meaning; 8. Vertical Structure: Ring Composition; 9. Horizontal Structure: Chiasmus; 10. The Politics of Institutions versus the Politics of Personality; 11. The δοκεiν Formula; 12. A Constitutional Formula; 13. Aristotle and Theopompus; 14. Aristotle and Theramenes; 15. The Series in Chapter 41; 16. δημοζ, πλnθοζ, and πoλιζ

17. The Dating Formula; 18. Chapter 45: n βουλn; 19. The Other πολιτεiαι; Bibliography; General Index; Index locorum

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186) and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770445-X

1-280-52584-3

0-19-536140-7

1-4294-0728-X

OCLC:

476012896