ISBN:
9780691138138
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIV, 144 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Recurso electronico; Disponible via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Kamen, Deborah, 1976 - Status in classical Athens
DDC:
305.0938/5
Keywords:
Social status History
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Athens (Greece) Social conditions
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Greece Social conditions To 146 B.C
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Electronic books History
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Athen
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Einwohner
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Sozialstatus
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Sozialgeschichte 450 v. Chr.-323 v. Chr.
Abstract:
Ancient Greek literature, Athenian civic ideology, and modern classical scholarship have all worked together to reinforce the idea that there were three neatly defined status groups in classical Athens--citizens, slaves, and resident foreigners. But this book--the first comprehensive account of status in ancient democratic Athens--clearly lays out the evidence for a much broader and more complex spectrum of statuses, one that has important implications for understanding Greek social and cultural history. By revealing a social and legal reality otherwise masked by Athenian ideology, Deborah
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Conventions and Abbreviations; Introduction Spectrum of Statuses; CHAPTER 1 Chattel Slaves; CHAPTER 2 Privileged Chattel Slaves; CHAPTER 3 Freedmen with Conditional Freedom; CHAPTER 4 Metics (Metoikoi); CHAPTER 5 Privileged Metics; CHAPTER 6 Bastards (Nothoi); CHAPTER 7 Disenfranchised Citizens (Atimoi); CHAPTER 8 Naturalized Citizens; CHAPTER 9 Full Citizens: Female; CHAPTER 10 Full Citizens: Male; Conclusion Status in Ideology and Practice; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Recurso electronico; Disponible via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1515/9781400846535
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