Exile, ostracism, and democracy : the politics of expulsion in ancient Greece /
This book explores the cultural and political significance of ostracism in democratic Athens. In contrast to previous interpretations, Sara Forsdyke argues that ostracism was primarily a symbolic institution whose meaning for the Athenians was determined both by past experiences of exile and by its...
| Основен автор: | Forsdyke, Sara, 1967- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
℗♭2005.
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Exile, ostracism, and democracy. |
Съдържание:
- Acknowledgments; Chronology; Abbreviations and Conventions; INTRODUCTION: Problems, Methods, Concepts; CHAPTER ONE: Setting the Stage; CHAPTER TWO: The Politics of Exile and the Crisis of the Archaic Polis; CHAPTER THREE: From Exile to Ostracism; CHAPTER FOUR: Ostracism and Exile in Democratic Athens; CHAPTER FIVE: Exile and Empire; CHAPTER SIX: Exile in the Greek Mythical and Historical Imagination; CONCLUSION; Appendix One: The Date of the Athenian Law of Ostracism; Appendix Two: Ostracism outside Athens; Appendix Three: Exile in Spartan Myth and History; Bibliography.