Ancient Greek Democracy Readings and Sources

This book invites readers to join in a fresh and extensive investigation of one of Ancient Greece's greatest inventions: democratic government. Provides an accessible, up-to-date survey of vital issues in Greek democracy. Covers democracy's origins, growth and essential nature. Raises questions of continuing interest. Combines ancient texts in translation and recent scholarly articles. Invites the reader into a process of historical investigation. Contains maps, a glossary and an index.

Eric W. Robinson is Associate Professor of History and the Classics at Harvard University, where he has received the Roslyn Abramson Award for excellence in teaching. He is the author of The First Democracies: Early Popular Government Outside Athens (1997). He has also co-edited with Vanessa Gorman Oikistes: Studies in Constitutions, Colonies, and Military Power in the Ancient World Offered in Honor of A. J. Graham (2002).

Preface

viii

Acknowledgments

x

Abbreviations

xii

Map 1

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Map 2

xiv

Ancient Greek Democracy: A Brief Introduction

1

(6)

Prelude to Democracy: Political Thought in Early Greek Texts

7

(69)

Introduction

7

(1)

Sources

Homer, Iliad 1.1--305, 2.1--282

8

(13)

Homer, Odyssey 2.1--259

21

(5)

Hesiod, Theogony lines 81--97; Works and Days lines 213--269

26

(2)

Readings

Homer and the Beginning of Political Thought in Greece

28

(13)

Kurt A. Raaflaub

Commentary on Raaflaub

41

(4)

Lowell Edmunds

Equality and the Origins of Greek Democracy

45

(29)

Ian Morris

Further Reading

74

(2)

The Beginnings of the Athenian Democracy: Who Freed Athens?

76

(47)

Introduction

76

(1)

Sources

Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians 5--12

77

(4)

Herodotus, Histories 5.62--78

81

(5)

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.53--59

86

(2)

Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians 18--22

88

(4)

Aristotle, Politics 1275b34--39, 1319b2--27

92

(1)

The Athenian Archon List

93

(1)

Drinking Song Celebrating Harmodius and Aristogeiton

93

(2)

Readings

The Athenian Revolution of 508/7 BC: Violence, Authority, and the Origins of Democracy

95

(18)

Josiah Ober

Revolution or Compromise?

113

(9)

Loren J. Samons II

Further Reading

122

(1)

Popular Politics in Fifth-century Syracuse

123

(29)

Introduction

123

(1)

Sources

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.34--36, 38--41

123

(2)

Aristotle, Politics 1315b35--9, 1316a30--4, 1304a18--29

125

(1)

Diodorus, Library of History 11.67--68, 72--73, 76, 86--87

126

(5)

Readings

Sicily, 478--431 BC

131

(4)

David Asheri

Revolution and Society in Greek Sicily and Southern Italy

135

(5)

Shlomo Berger

Democracy in Syracuse, 466--412 BC

140

(11)

Eric W. Robinson

Further Reading

151

(1)

Liberty, Equality, and the Ideals of Greek Democracy

152

(33)

Introduction

152

(1)

Sources

Herodotus, Histories 3.80--82

152

(2)

Euripides, Suppliant Women 346--57, 403--50

154

(2)

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.37--42

156

(2)

Aristotle, Politics 1292b21--34, 1317a40--1318a10

158

(1)

Readings

Shares and Rights: ``Citizenship'' Greek Style and American Style

159

(12)

Martin Ostwald

The Ancient Athenian and the Modern Liberal View of Liberty as a Democratic Ideal

171

(12)

Mogens Herman Hansen

Further Reading

183

(2)

Power and Rhetoric at Athens: Elite Leadership versus Popular Ideology

185

(63)

Introduction

185

(1)

Sources

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.65.1--11

185

(2)

Demosthenes 21, Against Meidias 1--8, 12--21, 42--50, 70--87, 95--99, 110--112, 123--131, 136--159, 193--197, 208--212, 219--227

187

(14)

Readings

Who Ran Democratic Athens?

201

(10)

P. J. Rhodes

Demosthenes 21 (Against Meidias): Democratic Abuse

211

(21)

Peter J. Wilson

Power and Oratory in Democratic Athens: Demosthenes 21, Against Meidias

232

(15)

Josiah Ober

Further Reading

247

(1)

Limiting Democracy: The Political Exclusion of Women and Slaves

248

(65)

Introduction

248

(1)

Sources

Thucydides, Pericles' Funeral Oration (History of the Peloponnesian War 2.44--6)

249

(1)

Pseudo-Xenophon, The Constitution of the Athenians 1; 4--8.1; 10--12

250

(1)

Aristophanes, The Assemblywomen, lines 57--244, 427--476, 877--889, 938--1056

251

(11)

Aristotle, Politics 1253b1--33, 54a10--24, b7--15, 59a37--b4; 1274b32--1275a34, b19--23; 1319b2--32

262

(3)

Readings

The Economics and Politics of Slavery at Athens

265

(16)

Robin Osborne

Women and Democracy in Fourth-century Athens

281

(11)

Michael H. Jameson

Women and Democracy in Ancient Greece

292

(20)

Marilyn Katz

Further Reading

312

(1)

Glossary of Greek Names and Terms

313

(2)

Index

315

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