ISBN:
9780691094908
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (268 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Athenian Nation
DDC:
306/.09495/12
Keywords:
Athens (Greece) ; Social conditions
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Greece ; Social conditions ; To 146 B.C
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Social classes ; Greece ; Athens ; History
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Social stratification ; Greece ; Athens ; History
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Challenging the modern assumption that ancient Athens is best understood as a polis, Edward Cohen boldly recasts our understanding of Athenian political and social life. Cohen demonstrates that ancient sources referred to Athens not only as a polis, but also as a "nation" (ethnos), and that Athens did encompass the characteristics now used to identify a "nation." He argues that in Athens economic, religious, sexual, and social dimensions were no less significant than political and juridical considerations, and accordingly rejects prevailing scholarship's equation of Athens with its male citiz
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION: Athens as Paradox-Athens as Nation; CHAPTER 1 Anomalous Athens; CHAPTER 2 The Local Residents of Attika; CHAPTER 3 An Ancient Construct: The Athenian Nation; CHAPTER 4 A Modern Myth: The Athenian Village; CHAPTER 5 Wealthy Slaves in a "Slave Society"; CHAPTER 6 The Social Contract: Sexual Abuse and Sexual Profit; WORKS CITED; GENERAL INDEX; INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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