Ancient Greek political thought in practice / Paul Cartledge
2009, 1st edition. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #445750
Physical description; 169 pages, 23 cm. Contents; 1. Meaning in context: how to write a history of Greek political thought -- 2. The Greek invention of the polis, of politics and of the political -- Narrative I: The prehistoric and protohistoric Greek world, c. 1300 -- 750 bce -- 3. Rule by one: the politics of Homer, c. 750 bce -- Narrative II: The archaic Greek world, c. 750 -- 500 bce -- 4. Rule by some: The politics of solon, c. 600 bce -- 5. Rule by all: the athenian revolution, c. 500 -- Narrative III: The classical Greek world I, c. 500 -- 400 bce -- 6. The human measure: the greek invention of political theory, c. 500 -- 400 bce -- 7. The trial of socrates, 399 bce -- Narrative IV: The classical Greek world II, c. 400 -- 300 bce -- 8. Rule by one revisited: the politics of Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, Aristotle -- and Alexandra the Great, c. 400 -- 330 bce -- Narrative V: The Hellenistic Greek world, c. 300 -- 30 bce -- 9. (E)utopianism by design: the Spartan revolution, 244 -- 221 bce -- Narrative VI: 'Graecia capta' ('Greece conquered'), c. 146 bce -- ce 120 -- 10. The end of politics? The world of plutarch, c. ce 100 -- 11. The Greek legacy and democracy today. Subjects; Political science Greece History To 1500. PHILOSOPHY Political. Political science. Political science Greece History To 1500. Democracy Greece History. Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C.
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