The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes: Structure, Principles, and Ideology

Hansen, Mogens Herman

ISBN 10: 0806131438 / ISBN 13: 9780806131436

Published by University of Oklahoma Press, 1999

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Title: The Athenian Democracy in the Age of ...

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

The Athenian democracy of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. is the most famous and perhaps the most nearly perfect example of direct democracy. Covering the period 403-322 B.C., Mogens Herman Hansen focuses on the crucial last thirty years, which coincided with the political career of Demosthenes. Hansen distinguishes between the city’s seven political institutions: the Assembly, the nomothetai, the People’s Court, the boards of magistrates, the Council of Five Hundred, the Areopagos, and ho boulomenos. He discusses how Athenians conceived liberty both as the ability to participate in the decision-making process and as the right to live without oppression from the state or other citizens.

Review:

"The most comprehensive and detailed account of the workings of the Athenian democracy by its most authoritative and knowledgeable historian. Aristotle would have been well pleased." Times Literary Supplement

"An excellent book." The Classical Review

"Truly original works that change the focus of a well–established field of study are rare. Hansen′s book is such a work." Social & Behavioral Sciences