Sources for the Ancient Greek City-State
Author: Mogens Herman Hansen
Publisher: Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9788773042670
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The Greek City States
Author: P. J. Rhodes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007-04-26
Total Pages: 15
ISBN-13: 1139462121
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPolitical activity and political thinking began in the cities and other states of ancient Greece, and terms such as tyranny, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy and politics itself are Greek words for concepts first discussed in Greece. Rhodes presents in translation a selection of texts illustrating the formal mechanisms and informal workings of the Greek states in all their variety. From the states described by Homer out of which the classical Greeks believed their states had developed, through the archaic period which saw the rise and fall of tyrants and the gradual broadening of citizen bodies, to the classical period of the fifth and fourth centuries, Rhodes also looks beyond that to the Hellenistic and Roman periods in which the Greeks tried to preserve their way of life in a world of great powers. For this second edition the book has been thoroughly revised and three new chapters added.
The Justice of the Greeks
Author: Raphael Sealey
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780472105243
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA well-grounded study of the Greek contribution to law
Localism and the Ancient Greek City-State
Author: Hans Beck
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2020-07-31
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 022671151X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Greek historian investigates the importance of local identity in the Mediterranean world in a “rare, genuinely original book . . . Highly recommended” (Choice). Much as our modern world is interconnected through global networks, the ancient Greek city-states were a dynamic part of the wider Mediterranean landscape. In Localism and the Ancient Greek World, historian Hans Beck argues that local shifts in politics, religion and culture had a pervasive influence in a world of fast-paced change. Citizens in these communities were deeply concerned with maintaining local identity, commercial freedom, distinct religious cults, and much more. Beyond these cultural identifiers, there lay a deeper concept of the local that guided polis societies in their contact with a rapidly expanding world. Drawing on a staggering range of materials—including texts by both known and obscure writers, numismatics, pottery analysis, and archeological records—Beck develops fine-grained case studies that illustrate the significance of the local experience. Localism and the Ancient Greek City-State builds bridges across disciplines and ideas within the humanities. It highlights the importance of localism not only in the archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean, but also in today’s conversations about globalism, networks, and migration.
The Greek City States
Author: Peter John Rhodes
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780511283994
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReligion in the Ancient Greek City
Author: Louise Bruit Zaidman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1992-12-17
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780521423571
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a translation into English of La religion grecque by Louise Bruit Zaidman and Pauline Schmitt Pantel, described by Dr Simon Price as 'an excellent book, by far the best introduction to the subject in any language'. It is the purpose of the book to consider how religious beliefs and cultic rituals were given expression in the world of the Greek citizen - the functions performed by the religious personnel, and the place that religion occupied in individual, social and political life. The chapters cover first ritual and then myth, rooting the account in the practices of the classical city while also taking seriously the world of the imagination. For this edition the bibliography has been substantially revised to meet the needs of a mainly student, English-speaking readership. The book is enriched throughout by illustrations, and by quotations from original sources.
The Ancient Greek City-state
Author: Mogens Herman Hansen
Publisher: Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9788773042427
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Shotgun Method
Author: Mogens Herman Hansen
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 0826265480
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Reflecting the innovative work of the Copenhagen Polis Centre's 2004 inventory of Archaic and Classical Greek city-states, Hansen's "shotgun method" for reconstructing and estimating the overall size and local distribution of the Greek population challenges the long-standing opinion that the majority of ancient Greeks lived a rural, subsistent life"--Provided by publisher.
Polis
Author: Mogens Herman Hansen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2006-10-05
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 0199208492
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn accessible introduction to the polis (plural: poleis), or ancient Greek city-state. Mogens Herman Hansen addresses such topics as the emergence of the polis, its size and population, and its political culture, ranging from famous poleis such as Athens and Sparta through more than 1,000 known examples.
Land of Sikyon
Author: Yannis A. Lolos
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Published: 2011-12-31
Total Pages: 671
ISBN-13: 1621390020
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAncient Sikyon, in the northeastern Peloponnese, was a major player on the Mediterranean stage, especially in the Archaic and Hellenistic periods. This comprehensive study combines a discussion of the geological and historical background with the results of original research based on many years of archaeological fieldwork. Author Yannis Lolos, drawing upon the limited excavations in Sikyonia, literary sources, and mostly his own extensive survey data, traces the history of the human presence in the territory of Sikyon from prehistory to the early modern period. A series of detailed maps plots the position of many previously unknown roads, fortifications, and settlement sites.
