• LIST OF FIGURES ix LIST OF MAPS x INTRODUCTION Possibilities of Power and Purpose 1
• CHAPTER 1 Justice 25
• CHAPTER 2 Constitution 57
• CHAPTER 3 Democracy 93
• CHAPTER 4 Virtue 129
• CHAPTER 5 Citizenship 181
• CHAPTER 6 Cosmopolitanism 215
• CHAPTER 7 Republic 241
• CHAPTER 8 Sovereignty 285 CONCLUSION Futures of Greek and Roman Pasts 313 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 325 GLOSSARY 327 ATHENS MAP KEY 332 BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF KEY PERSONS, EVENTS AND PLACES 333 REFERENCE LIST AND ABBREVIATIONS 341 NOTES 357 INDEX 377.
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In The Birth of Politics, Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire. Tracing the origins of our political concepts from Socrates to Plutarch to Cicero, Lane reminds us that the birth of politics was a story as much of individuals as ideas. Scouring the speeches of lawyers alongside the speculations of philosophers, and the reflections of ex-slaves next to the popular comedies and tragedies of the Greek and Roman stages, this book brings ancient ideas to life in unexpected ways. Lane shows how the Greeks and Romans defined politics with distinctive concepts, vocabulary, and practices--all of which continue to influence politics and political aspirations around the world today. She focuses on eight political ideas from the Greco-Roman world that are especially influential today: justice, virtue, constitution, democracy, citizenship, cosmopolitanism, republic, and sovereignty. Lane also describes how the ancient formulations of these ideas often challenge widely held modern assumptions--for example, that it is possible to have political equality despite great economic inequality, or that political regimes can be indifferent to the moral character of their citizens. A stimulating introduction to the origins of our political ideas and ideals, The Birth of Politics demonstrates how much we still have to learn from the political genius of the Greeks and Romans.
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• 1. The Greek Theory of the State
• 2. The Greek State
• 3. Political Thought Before The Sophists
• 4. The Political Theory of the Sophists
• 5 Socrates and the Minor Socratics
• 6. Plato and the Platonic Dialogue
• 7. The Earlier Dialogues of Plato
• 8. The Republic and its Theory of Justice
• 9. The Republic and Its Theory of Education
• 10. The Republic and Its Theory of Communism
• 11. Plato and the States of Greece
• 12. The Politicus.
• 13. The Laws and Its General Theory of the State
• 14. The System of Social Relations in the Laws
• 15. The System of Government in the Laws
• 16. The Laws and Its Theory of Law
• 17. The Theory of Education in the Laws Appendix The Later History of Plato's Political Theory. Index.
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Much has been written about the interpretation of Plato in the last thirty years. Once interpreted as a revolutionary of the left, and a prophet of Socialism, he has lately been interpreted as a revolutionary of the Right and a forerunner of Fascism. In this book Plato appears as himself - a revolutionary indeed, and even an authoritarian, but a revolutionary of the pure idea of the Good, and an authoritarian of the pure reason, unattached either to the Right or the Left.
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• Introduction Stephen Salkever--
• 1. Homer and political thought Dean Hammer--
• 2. Foundings vs. constitutions: ancient tragedy and the origins of political community Arlene W. Saxonhouse--
• 3. Most favored status in Herodotus and Thucydides: recasting the Athenian Tyrannicides through Solon and Pericles Norma Thompson--
• 4. Thucydides and political thought Gerald Mara--
• 5. 'This way of life, this contest': rethinking Socratic citizenship Susan Bickford--
• 6. The political drama of Plato's Republic David Roochnik--
• 7. Practical Plato Catherine H. Zuckert--
• 8. Reading Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Politics as a single course of lectures: rhetoric, politics, and philosophy Stephen Salkever--
• 9. Lived excellence in Aristotle's Constitution of Athens: why the Encomium of Theramenes matters Jill Frank and S. Sara Monoson--
• 10. The virtue politics of democratic Athens Ryan K. Balot--
• 11. Origins of rights in ancient political thought Fred D. Miller, Jr.--
• 12. The emergence of natural law and the Cosmopolis Eric Brown.
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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for this volume and written by leading scholars of classics, political science, and philosophy, the Companion brings these texts to life by analysing what they have to tell us about the problems of political life. Focusing on texts by Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle, among others, they examine perennial issues, including rights and virtues, democracy and the rule of law, community formation and maintenance, and the ways in which theorizing of several genres can and cannot assist political practice.
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• Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Note on Translations. List of Abbreviations. PART I: The Broad View.
• 1 Introduction: Rethinking the History of Greek and Roman Political Thought ( Ryan K. Balot ). 2 What is Politics in the Ancient World? ( Dean Hammer ). 3 Early Greek Political Thought in Its Mediterranean Context ( Kurt A. Raaflaub ). 4 Civic Ideology and Citizenship ( P. J. Rhodes ). 5 Public Action and Rational Choice in Classical Greek Political Theory ( Josiah Ober ). 6 Imperial Ideologies, Citizenship Myths, and Legal Disputes in Classical Athens and Republican Rome ( Craige B. Champion ). 7 Gendered Politics, or the Self-Praise of Andres Agathoi ( Giulia Sissa ). 8 The Religious Contexts of Ancient Political Thought ( Robin Osborne ). PART II: Democracies and Republics.
• 9 Democracy Ancient and Modern ( Peter Liddel ). 10 "Rights, " Individuals, and Communities in Ancient Greece ( Paul Cartledge and Matt Edge ). 11 Personal Freedom in Greek Democracies, Republican Rome, and Modern Liberal States ( Robert W. Wallace ). 12 The Mixed Constitution in Greek Thought ( David E. Hahm ). 13 Republican Virtues ( Malcolm Schofield ). 14 Roman Democracy? ( W. Jeffrey Tatum ). PART III The Virtues and Vices of One-Man Rule.
• 15 The Uses and Abuses of Tyranny ( Sara Forsdyke ). 16 Hellenistic Monarchy in Theory and Practice ( Arthur M. Eckstein ). 17 The Ethics of Autocracy in the Roman World ( Carlos F. Norena ). PART IV The Passions of Ancient Politics.
• 18 Political Animals: Pathetic Animals ( Giulia Sissa ). 19 Anger, Eros, and Other Political Passions in Ancient Greek Thought ( Paul W. Ludwig ). 20 Some Passionate Performances in Late Republican Rome ( Robert A. Kaster ). PART V The Athens of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
• 21 The Trial and Death of Socrates ( Debra Nails ). 22 The Politics of Plato's Socrates ( Rachana Kamtekar ). 23 Freedom, Tyranny, and the Political Man: Plato's Republic and Gorgias, a Study in Contrasts ( Arlene W. Saxonhouse ). 24 Plato on the Sovereignty of Law ( Zena Hitz ). 25 "Naturalism" in Aristotle's Political Philosophy ( Timothy Chappell ). 26 The Ethics of Aristotle's Politics ( David J. Depew ). PART VI Constructing Political Narrative.
• 27 Imitating Virtue and Avoiding Vice: Ethical Functions of Biography, History, and Philosophy ( Charles W. Hedrick, Jr ). 28 Greek Drama and Political Thought ( John Gibert ). 29 Character in Politics ( Philip A. Stadter ). PART VII Antipolitics.
• 30 Cosmopolitan Traditions ( David Konstan ). 31 False Idles: The Politics of the "Quiet Life" ( Eric Brown ). 32 Citizenship and Signs: Rethinking Augustine on the Two Cities ( Todd Breyfogle ). PART VIII Receptions.
• 33 Republicanism: Ancient, Medieval, and Beyond ( Christopher Nadon ). 34 Twentieth Century Revivals of Ancient Political Thought: Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss ( Catherine H. Zuckert ). References. Index of Subjects. Index Locorum.
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• Notes on Contributors x Acknowledgments xvi Note on Translations xvii List of Abbreviations xviii PART I The Broad View 1
• 1 Introduction: Rethinking the History of Greek and Roman Political Thought 3 Ryan K. Balot
• 2 What is Politics in the Ancient World? 20 Dean Hammer
• 3 Early Greek Political Thought in Its Mediterranean Context 37 Kurt A. Raaflaub
• 4 Civic Ideology and Citizenship 57 P. J. Rhodes
• 5 Public Action and Rational Choice in Classical Greek Political Theory 70 Josiah Ober
• 6 Imperial Ideologies, Citizenship Myths, and Legal Disputes in Classical Athens and Republican Rome 85 Craige B. Champion
• 7 Gendered Politics, or the Self-Praise of Andres Agathoi 100 Giulia Sissa
• 8 The Religious Contexts of Ancient Political Thought 118 Robin Osborne PART II Democracies and Republics 131
• 9 Democracy Ancient and Modern 133 Peter Liddel
• 10 "Rights, " Individuals, and Communities in Ancient Greece 149 Paul Cartledge and Matt Edge
• 11 Personal Freedom in Greek Democracies, Republican Rome, and Modern Liberal States 164 Robert W. Wallace
• 12 The Mixed Constitution in Greek Thought 178 David E. Hahm
• 13 Republican Virtues 199 Malcolm Schofield
• 14 Roman Democracy? 214 W. Jeffrey Tatum PART III The Virtues and Vices of One-Man Rule 229
• 15 The Uses and Abuses of Tyranny 231 Sara Forsdyke
• 16 Hellenistic Monarchy in Theory and Practice 247 Arthur M. Eckstein
• 17 The Ethics of Autocracy in the Roman World 266 Carlos F. Noren&tilde--a PART IV The Passions of Ancient Politics 281
• 18 Political Animals: Pathetic Animals 283 Giulia Sissa
• 19 Anger, Eros, and Other Political Passions in Ancient Greek Thought 294 Paul W. Ludwig
• 20 Some Passionate Performances in Late Republican Rome 308 Robert A. Kaster PART V The Athens of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle 321
• 21 The Trial and Death of Socrates 323 Debra Nails
• 22 The Politics of Plato's Socrates 339 Rachana Kamtekar
• 23 Freedom, Tyranny, and the Political Man: Plato's Republic and Gorgias, a Study in Contrasts 353 Arlene W. Saxonhouse
• 24 Plato on the Sovereignty of Law 367 Zena Hitz
• 25 "Naturalism" in Aristotle's Political Philosophy 382 Timothy Chappell
• 26 The Ethics of Aristotle's Politics 399 David J. Depew PART VI Constructing Political Narrative 419
• 27 Imitating Virtue and Avoiding Vice: Ethical Functions of Biography, History, and Philosophy 421 Charles W. Hedrick, Jr
• 28 Greek Drama and Political Thought 440 John Gibert
• 29 Character in Politics 456 Philip A. Stadter PART VII Antipolitics 471
• 30 Cosmopolitan Traditions 473 David Konstan
• 31 False Idles: The Politics of the "Quiet Life" 485 Eric Brown
• 32 Citizenship and Signs: Rethinking Augustine on the Two Cities 501 Todd Breyfogle PART VIII Receptions 527
• 33 Republicanism: Ancient, Medieval, and Beyond 529 Christopher Nadon
• 34 Twentieth Century Revivals of Ancient Political Thought: Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss 542 Catherine H. Zuckert References 557 Index of Subjects 620 Index Locorum 650.
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Comprises 34 essays from leading scholars in history, classics, philosophy, and political science to illuminate Greek and Roman political thought in all its diversity and depth. Offers a broad survey of ancient political thought from Archaic Greece through Late Antiquity Approaches ancient political philosophy from both a normative and historical focus Examines Greek and Roman political thought within historical context and contemporary debate Explores the role of ancient political thought in a range of philosophies, such as the individual and community, human rights, religion, and cosmopolitanism.
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• Preface and Acknowledgments. Abbreviations.
• 1. Introduction: How to Do Greek Political Thought.
• 2. Archaic Greece and the Centrality of Justice. Achilles, Agamemnon, and Fair Distribution. Justice as "Distinctively Human". Institutions and Values of the Early Polis. What is Justice? The Voice of the Oppressed and the Origins of Political Thought. The Egalitarian Response. The Elitist Response. Case Study: Sparta and the Politics of "Courage". A Second Case Study: Archaic Athens and the Search for Justice.
• 3. Democratic Political Thinking at Athens. Evidence and Sources. Democracy Ancient and Modern. Democratic Conceptions of Freedom. Democratic Deliberation. Courage, Trust, and Leadership. Democratic Political Thought outside Athens?. Protagorean Arguments for Democracy. Democratic Conceptions of Equality. Justice and the Demos.
• 4. Criticizing Democracy in Late Fifth-Century Athens. Mapping out the Problem: The "Old Oligarch". Modern and Ancient Quandaries. Nomos and Phusis. The Challenge of Thrasymachus and Callicles. Thucydidean Imperialists Revisit Nomos and Phusis. Socrates and Nomos. Logos and Ergon. Democratic Epistemology and Relativism. Democratic Epistemology and Untrustworthy Rhetoric - or, Where Does the Truth Lie?. Socrates and Athens.
• 5. Imperialism. Aristotle Analyzes Imperialism. Definitions and History. Monarchic Imperialism. Natural Superiority?. Debating Athenian Imperialism. Final Thoughts.
• 6. Fourth Century Revisions. The ancestral republican "solutions". The monarchic "solution". Plato's "solutions". Criticizing Contemporary Politics. Plato on Rhetoric and Order in the Gorgias. The Priority of Reason in City and Soul: Plato's Republic. Educating Citizens in the Classical Context. Politics and Ethics. Philosophical Rulers. Platonic Political Philosophy after the Republic.
• 7. Aristotle's Political Thought. Civic Conflict, Emotion, and Injustice: Observing the Polis as It Is. Exploring What Ought To Be: Aristotle's Naturalism. Aristotle on the Good Life. Nature in the Politics. Aristotle on Slavery. Polis and Citizenship in General. Aristotle's Best Polis. Political Possibilities in Existing Cities. The Best Constitution in Relation to Existing Conditions. Classification of Constitutions. The Power of the Masses. Conclusion.
• 8. Hellenistic Political Thought. Theory of Kingship. The Traditional Schools. New Directions: Cynics, Stoics, and Epicureans. The Politics of Cynicism?. Stoicism and Epicureanism.
• 9. Epilogue: The Question of Politics. Bibliographic Essay. Notes. Index.
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This wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought shows what ancient political texts might mean to citizens of the twenty-first century. This title presents a provocative and wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought. It demonstrates what ancient Greek works of political philosophy might mean to citizens of the twenty-first century. It examines an array of poetic, historical, and philosophical texts in an effort to locate Greek political thought in its cultural context. It pays careful attention to the distinctively ancient connections between politics and ethics. It is structured around key themes such as the origins of political thought, political self-definition, revolutions in political thought, democracy and imperialism.
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• Part I. Law in Greece:
• 1. The unity of Greek law--
• 2. Writing, law and written law Rosalind Thomas--
• 3. Law and religion Robert Parker--
• 4. Early Greek law Michael Gagarin-- Part II. Law in Athens I: Procedure:
• 5. Law and oratory at Athens Stephen Todd--
• 6. Relevance in Athenian courts Adriaan Lanni--
• 7. The influence of procedural choice on Athenian court-room strategies Lene Rubinstein--
• 8. The role of the witness in Athenian law Gerhard Thur--
• 9. Theories of punishment David Cohen--
• 10. The rhetoric of law in fourth-century Athens Harvey Yunis-- Part III. Law in Athens II: Substantive Law:
• 11. Crime, punishment, and the rule of law in Classical Athens David Cohen--
• 12. Gender, sexuality, and law Eva Cantarella--
• 13. Family and property law Alberto Maffi--
• 14. Athenian citizenship law Cynthia Patterson--
• 15. Commercial law Edward E. Cohen-- Part IV. Law Outside Athens:
• 16. The Goryns laws John Davies--
• 17. Greek law in foreign surroundings Hans-Alpert Rupprecht--
• 18. Hellenistic law: general framework Joseph Meleze Modrzejewski-- Part V. Other Approaches to Greek Law:
• 19. Law, Attic comedy, and the regulation of comic speech Robert Wallace--
• 20. Greek tragedy and law Danielle Allen--
• 21. Law and political theory Josiah Ober--
• 22. Law and nature in Greek thought A. A. Long.
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This Companion volume provides a comprehensive overview of the major themes and topics pertinent to ancient Greek law. A substantial introduction establishes the recent historiography on this topic and its development over the last 30 years. Many of the 22 essays, written by an international team of experts, deal with procedural and substantive law in classical Athens, but significant attention is also paid to legal practice in the archaic and Hellenistic eras; areas that offer substantial evidence for legal practice, such as Crete and Egypt; the intersection of law with religion, philosophy, political theory, rhetoric, and drama, as well as the unity of Greek law and the role of writing in law. The volume is intended to introduce non-specialists to the field as well as to stimulate new thinking among specialists.
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• Introduction Christopher Rowe-- Part I. Archaic and Classical Greece:
• 1. Greek political thought: the historical context Paul Cartledge--
• 2. Poets, lawgivers, and the beginnings of political reflection in archaic Greece Kurt A. Raaflaub--
• 3. Greek drama and political theory Simon Goldhill--
• 4. Herodotus, Thucydides and the Sophists Richard Winton--
• 5. Democritus C. C. W. Taylor--
• 6. The orators Josiah Ober--
• 7. Xenophon and Isocrates V. J. Gray--
• 8. Socrates and Plato: an introduction Melissa Lane--
• 9. Socrates T. M. Penner--
• 10. Approaching the Republic Malcolm Schofield--
• 11. The Politicus and other dialogues Christopher Rowe--
• 12. The laws Andre Laks--
• 13. Plato and practical politics Malcolm Schofield--
• 14. Cleitophon and Minos Christopher Rowe--
• 15. Aristotle: an introduction Malcolm Schofield--
• 16. Naturalism Fred D. Miller Jr--
• 17. Justice and the polis Jean Roberts--
• 18. Aristotelian constitutions Christopher Rowe--
• 19. The Peripatos after Aristotle Christopher Rowe-- Part II. The Hellenistic and Roman Worlds:
• 20. Introduction: the Hellenistic and Roman periods Peter Garnsey--
• 21. The Cynics John Moles--
• 22. Epicurean and Stoic political thought Malcolm Schofield--
• 23. Kings and constitutions: Hellenistic theories David E. Hahm--
• 24. Cicero E. M. Atkins--
• 25. Reflections of Roman political thought in Latin historical writing Thomas Wiedemann--
• 26. Seneca and Pliny Miriam Griffin--
• 27. Platonism and Pythagoreanism in the early Empire Bruno Centrone--
• 28. Josephus Tessa Rajak--
• 29. Stoic writers of the imperial era Christopher Gill--
• 30. The jurists David Johnston--
• 31. Christianity Frances Young-- Epilogue Malcolm Schofield.
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This is the first general and comprehensive treatment of the political thought of ancient Greece and Rome ever to be published in English. It begins with Homer and ends in late antiquity with Christian and pagan reflections on divine and human order. In between come studies of Plato, Aristotle and a host of other major and minor thinkers - poets, historians, philosophers - whose individuality is brought out by extensive quotation. The international team of distinguished scholars assembled by the editors includes historians of law, politics, culture and religion, and also philosophers. Some chapters focus mostly on the ancient context of the ideas they are examining, while others explore these ideas as systems of thought which resonate with modern or perennial concerns. This clearly written volume will long remain an accessible and authoritative guide to Greek and Roman thinking about government and community.
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• PrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction3Ch. 1The Problem of Dissent: Criticism as Contest14Ch. 2Public Speech and Brute Fact: Thucydides52Ch. 3Essence and Enactment: Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae122Ch. 4Justice, Knowledge, Power: Plato Apology, Crito, Gorgias, Republic156Ch. 5Eloquence, Leadership, Memory: Isocrates Antidosis and Areopagiticus248Ch. 6Political Animals, Actual Citizens, and the Best Possible Polis: Aristotle Politics290Ch. 7The Dialectics of Dissent: Criticism as Dialogue352Bibliography375Index Locorum403General Index409.
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How and why did the Western tradition of political theorizing arise in Athens during the late fifth and fourth centuries B.C.? By interweaving intellectual history with political philosophy and literary analysis, Josiah Ober argues that the tradition originated in a high-stakes debate about democracy. Since elite Greek intellectuals tended to assume that ordinary men were incapable of ruling themselves, the longevity and resilience of Athenian popular rule presented a problem: how to explain the apparent success of a regime "irrationally" based on the inherent wisdom and practical efficacy of decisions made by non-elite citizens? The problem became acute after two oligarchic coups d' tat in the late fifth century B.C. The generosity and statesmanship that democrats showed after regaining political power contrasted starkly with the oligarchs' violence and corruption. Since it was no longer self-evident that "better men" meant "better government, " critics of democracy sought new arguments to explain the relationship among politics, ethics, and morality. Ober offers fresh readings of the political works of Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle, among others, by placing them in the context of a competitive community of dissident writers. These thinkers struggled against both democratic ideology and intellectual rivals to articulate the best and most influential criticism of popular rule. The competitive Athenian environment stimulated a century of brilliant literary and conceptual innovation. Through Ober's re-creation of an ancient intellectual milieu, early Western political thought emerges not just as a "footnote to Plato, " but as a dissident commentary on the first Western democracy.
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• Preface to the second edition-- Volume editor's introduction-- Abbreviations--
• 1. Ancient chronology--
• 2. The date of Lykourgos of Sparta--
• 3. The establishment of the Olympic Games--
• 4. Pheidon of Agros--
• 5. The foundation of Naxos and Megara in Sicily--
• 6. The foundation of Croton--
• 7. The Lelantine War--
• 8. The use of the word tyrant--
• 9. The foundation of Tarentum by the Partheniai of Sparta--
• 10. Orthagoras, Tyrant of Sicyon--
• 11. Law of the city of Dreros (Crete)--
• 12. Tyrtaeus of Sparta, the Messenian Wars, and the Great Rhetra--
• 13. Spartan treatment of helots--
• 14. Memorial to a Locrain proxenos at Corcyra--
• 15. Drakon's law on homicide--
• 16. The first sacred War--
• 17. Battos, the founder of Cyrene--
• 18. The foundation of Cyrene--
• 19. Law from Chios--
• 20. Gravestone of Phanodikos of Prokonnesos--
• 21. Epitaph of the Corinthians who died at Salamis--
• 22. The Athenian naukrariai--
• 23. The Athenian archon list--
• 24. Greek mercenaries in Egyptian service--
• 25. Alliance between Elis and Heraia in Western Arcadia--
• 26. The establishment of the Panathenaic festival--
• 27. Spartan treaty with Tegea--
• 28. Kroisos' gifts to the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus--
• 29. Treaty between Sybaris and the Serdaioi--
• 30. The wives of Hippias and Hipparchos, the sons of Peisistratos of Athens--
• 31. The nature of Peisistratos' rule--
• 32. Polykrates, Tyrant of Samos--
• 33. Law from a Locrain community settling new territory--
• 34. A list of Dareios' subjects--
• 35. Letter of Dareios--
• 36. An argive rule about the use of sacred treasures--
• 37. Dedication of peisistratos son of Hippias--
• 38. A Spartan dedication--
• 39. The liberation of Athens--
• 40. The rebuilding of the Temple at Delphi by the Alkmeonidai--
• 41. Ostracism at Athens--
• 42. Epigrams celebrating an Athenian victory over Boeotia and Chalcis--
• 43. Dedication of the Athenian portico at Delphi--
• 44. Athenian klerouchy at Salamis--
• 45. Rations for Ionian mothers working at Persepolis--
• 46. An Ionian contractor at Persepolis--
• 47. Law of the Eastern (Hypocnemidian) Locrians about their colony at Naupactus--
• 48. The Persian cavalry at Marathon--
• 49. Dedication of Kallimachos--
• 50. Athenian thank-offering for Marathon--
• 51. Athenian epigrams on the Persian wars--
• 52. The Greek embassy to Gelon--
• 53. A supplication by Corinthian women during Xerxes' war--
• 54. Gelon's thank-offering for the victory at Himera--
• 55. The decree of Themistokles--
• 56. Contribution of the Naxians to the war effort against the Persians--
• 57. Oath of the Athenians taken betore the Battle of Plataea--
• 58. The number of the Athenian dead at Plataca--
• 59. Greek thank-offering for victory in the Persian War--
• 60. Megarian memorial of the Persian War--
• 61. Pausanias, regent of Sparta, and his actions after the victory at Plataea--
• 62. Attempts at colonizing Ennea Hodoi in Thrac--
• 63. Regulations of the Teians--
• 64. Hieron's thank-offering for the victory at Cumae--
• 65. Themistokles' ostracism and flight to Persia--
• 66. Political expulsions from Miletus--
• 67. The Messenian Revolt--
• 68. Athenian relations with Phaselis--
• 69. The ban against Arthmios of Zeleia--
• 70. A Halicarnassian law concerning disputed property--
• 71. Regulations imposed by the Athenians on Erythrae--
• 72. Egypt rebels from Persia--
• 73. Spartan aid to Thebes--
• 74. Perikles' oratory--
• 75. Athenian regulation of the Eleusinian Mysteries--
• 76. Kimon's return from ostracism--
• 77. Samians fight in Egypt--
• 78. Casualty list of the Erechtheid tribe of Athens--
• 79. The building of the Long Walls and the Middle Wall at Athens--
• 80. Thank-offering by the Lacedaemonians for the victory at Tanagra--
• 81. Alliance of Athens and Egesta--
• 82. Athenian compact involving the Delphic Amphictyony or Phocis--
• 83. Dedication of Athenian knights--
• 84. Tolmides' circumnavigation of the Peloponnesus--
• 85. The first tribute quota list of 454/3 B.C.--
• 86. Limitation of Athenian citizenship--
• 87. Treaty between Oianthia and Chalcion, and law of Chaleion--
• 88. The civil l.
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The first volume is devoted to the period which begins with the era of Greek colonization and ends with the close of the Peloponnesian War in 404 B. C. Charles Fornara has gathered together material compiled from inscriptions, ancient encyclopedias, scholia, and similar sources. The material, much of it translated by him for the first time, covers not only events of national significance - wars and treaties, the founding of towns and colonies, the dedication of temples - but also presents such records of daily life as ration lists, wine trade regulations, inventories of treasure, drinking songs, and financial records. The documents are accompanied by a brief commentary, which is basically intended to clarify obscurities in the text. An extensive glossary and indexes explain obscure terms of Greek social and governmental structure and permit detailed prosopographical analysis. This 1983 book will be welcomed by students and teachers of ancient history.
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