Athenian Democracy in Transition: Attic Letter-Cutters of 340 to 290 B.C

Tracy, Stephen V.

Published by University of California Press, 1995

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Furthering his masterful new approach to classifying and interpreting epigraphical data presented in Attic Letter-Cutters of 229 to 86 B.C., Stephen V. Tracy has produced a masterful study of the inscriptions from the time of King Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, Demosthenes, and Demetrios. Detailed study of the hands in this largest group of primary documents has enabled him to offer a number of new insights, such as reassessing the career of Demetrios of Phaleron and taking issue with the commonly accepted view that Athenian democracy ended in 322 B.C. with the defeat by the Macedonians at Krannon. Tracy pieces together stone documents and shows that the "handwriting" of individual stonecutters can be identified by the way particular letters are cut into the stone. He offers new readings, redatings, joins and associations, as well as initial publication of some fragments from the excavations in the Athenian agora. Seller Inventory # 39608

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Title: Athenian Democracy in Transition: Attic ...

Publisher: University of California Press

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good