The Hellenistic reception of classical Athenian democracy and political thought / edited by Mirko Canevaro and Benjamin Gray.
"In the Hellenistic period (c.323-31 BCE), Greek teachers, philosophers, historians, orators, and politicians found an essential point of reference in the democracy of Classical Athens and the political thought which it produced. However, while Athenian civic life and thought in the Classical p...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "In the Hellenistic period (c.323-31 BCE), Greek teachers, philosophers, historians, orators, and politicians found an essential point of reference in the democracy of Classical Athens and the political thought which it produced. However, while Athenian civic life and thought in the Classical period have been intensively studied, these aspects of the Hellenistic period have so far received much less attention. This volume seeks to bring together the two areas of research, shedding new light on these complementary parts of the history of the ancient Greek polis."--Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | "The volume originated in a conference on this theme, held at the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology of the University of Edinburgh, which was the Classical Association of Scotland Conference for 2013."--Page v. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 359 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-333) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198748472 0198748477 |