Building democracy in late archaic Athens / Jessica Paga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paga, Jessica, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy and architecture--Greece--Athens.

Democracy and architecture.

Architecture and society--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.

Architecture and society.

Architecture--Greece--Athens.

Architecture.

Athens (Greece)--Politics and government.

Athens (Greece).

Athens (Greece)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

What does it look like to transform your political system from a tyranny to a democracy? This book takes a deep dive into the built environment of ancient Athens during a period of transition in order to answer this question, illuminating the close relationship between politics and architecture.

Contents:

The Akropolis: Monuments and Military Dominance

The Agora: Form, Function, and Ideology

The Astu: The Architectural Matrix of the Polis

The Demes: Delineation and Interconnectivity

Buildings and Democracy

Appendix I: Building Chronology in Athens and Attika, 508/7 - 480/79 B.C.E.

Appendix II: IG I3 4B, The Hekatompedon Decree: Text, Translation, and Brief Commentary

Appendix III: Dating the Old Bouleuterion and Stoa Basileios.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 20, 2021).

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-008360-3

0-19-008358-1

0-19-008359-X