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Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice (Key Themes in Ancient History)
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ANCIENT GREEK POLITICAL
THOUGHT IN PRACTICE
Ancient Greece was a place of tremendous political experiment and
innovation, and it was here too that the first serious political thinkers
emerged. Using carefully selected case studies, Professor Cartledge
investigates the dynamic interaction between ancient Greek political
thought and practice from early historic times to the early Roman
Empire. Of concern throughout are three major issues: first, the
relationship of political thought and practice; second, the relevance
of class and status to explaining political behaviour and thinking;
and, third, democracy – its invention, development and expansion,
and extinction, prior to its recent resuscitation and even apotheo-
sis. In addition, monarchy in various forms and at different periods,
and the peculiar political structures of Sparta, are treated in detail
over a chronological range extending from Homer to Plutarch. The
book provides an introduction to the topic for all students and non-
specialists who appreciate the continued relevance of ancient Greece
to political theory and practice today.
PAUL CARTLEDGE is A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at
Cambridge University and a Fellow of Clare College. He has pub-
lished extensively on Greek history over several decades, including
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece (
, new edition
), Sparta and Lakonia: A Regional History 1300–362 BC (new edi-
tion
)and Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past (
,
revised edition
).
KEY THEMES IN ANCIENT HISTORY
EDITORS
P. A. Cartledge
Clare College, Cambridge
P. D. A. Garnsey
Jesus College, Cambridge
Key Themes in Ancient History aims to provide readable, informed and original
studies of various basic topics, designed in the first instance for students and
teachers of classics and ancient history, but also for those engaged in related
disciplines. Each volume is devoted to a general theme in Greek, Roman or, where
appropriate, Graeco-Roman history, or to some salient aspect or aspects of it.
Besides indicating the state of current research in the relevant area, authors seek
to show how the theme is significant for our own as well as ancient culture and
society. By providing books for courses that are oriented around themes it is hoped
to encourage and stimulate promising new developments in teaching and research
in ancient history.
Other books in the series
Death-ritual and social structure in classical antiquity , by Ian Morris
(hardback), (paperback)
Literacy and orality in ancient Greece , by Rosalind Thomas
(hardback), (paperback)
Slavery and Society at Rome , by Keith Bradley
(paperback)
Public order in ancient Rome , by Wilfried Nippel
(paperback)
Friendship in the classical world , by David Konstan
(paperback)
Sport and society in ancient Greece , by Mark Golden
(paperback)
Food and society in classical antiquity , by Peter Garnsey
(hardback),
(paperback)
(paperback)
Law, violence, and community in classical Athens , by David Cohen
(hardback),
(hardback),
(hardback),
(hardback),
(hardback),
(paperback)
Roman law in context , by David Johnston
(hardback), (paperback)
Religions of the ancient Greeks , by Simon Price
(paperback)
Christianity and Roman society , by Gillian Clark
(paperback)
Trade in classical antiquity , by Neville Morley
(paperback)
Technology and culture in Greek and Roman antiquity , by Serafina Cuomo
(paperback)
Law and crime in the Roman world , by Jill Harries
(paperback)
The social history of Roman art , by Peter Stewart
(paperback)
Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman world , by Richard Finn OP
(hardback),
(paperback)
Banking and business in the Roman world ,byJeanAndreau
(hardback),
(hardback),
(hardback),
(hardback),
(hardback),
(hardback),
(hardback),

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