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A Companion to Ancient Greek Government. (Record no. 105092)

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Classification number	JC73.C64 2013
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Classification number	321.00938
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Personal name	Beck, Hans.
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Title	A Companion to Ancient Greek Government.
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Edition statement	1st ed.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc	Chicester :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc	John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
Date of publication, distribution, etc	2013.
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Date of publication, distribution, etc	©2012.
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Extent	1 online resource (670 pages)
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Series statement	Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Ser.
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Formatted contents note	Intro -- Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviated Source Editions and Lexica -- Maps -- Introduction: A Prolegomenon to Ancient Greek Government -- Part I: Greek Government in History -- Chapter 1: The Rise of State Action in the Archaic Age -- Chapter 2: The Classical Greek Polis and Its Government -- Athens and Sparta -- Three Ages of Athenian Democracy -- Athenian Democracy in Action, Fourth-Century bce -- Chapter 3: Dynastic Courts of the Hellenistic Empires -- Courts and Empires -- The Hellenistic Royal Court -- The Background to Hellenistic Court Society -- The Friends of the King -- The Paradox of Power -- The Royal Council -- The Royal Pages -- Friendship -- Gift Exchange -- Court Titles -- Proximity to the Throne -- Conflict -- The Promotion of Favorites -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Hellenistic Cities -- Demokratia: The Political Character of Hellenistic City-States -- Executing the People's Will: Institutions and Their Functions -- Cities, Leagues and Rulers: The Polis in Interstate Politics -- The Rise of Notables and the "Aristocratization" of Political Life -- Part II: Ancient Templates and Typologies -- Chapter 5: Archaic and Classical Greek Reflections on Politics and Government -- A Case Study: Creating a New Community (Kleisthenes of Athens) -- The Archaic Period (c.750-480 bce) -- The Fifth Century -- Outlook: New Departures in the Early Fourth Century -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 6: Plato's View on Greek Government -- Criticizing Athenian Democracy -- A New Definition of Politics -- The Republic -- The Statesman -- The Laws -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 7: Aristotle -- From Justice to Aristotelian Government -- The Classification of Governments -- Legislative Contrivance and Political Institutions.
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Formatted contents note	Governments and Socio-Moral Classes -- The City and Happiness -- Conclusion: City and State -- Chapter 8: Polybios on Government, Interstate Relations, and Imperial Expansion -- Polybios' Conception of the Politeia -- Political Constitutions, Interstate Relations, and Imperial Expansion -- Achaia and Rome: The Morality of Empire and the Predicament of Polybios -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: One-Man Government -- Ruling the World of Homer -- The Coming of the Tyrant, or Monarchy Greek Style -- The Face in the Mirror: Monarchy in Fourth-Century Political Thought -- Chapter 10: Unlike(ly) Twins -- A Plethora of Constitutions -- Justifications for Democracy and Oligarchy -- Beyond Democracy and Oligarchy -- Conclusion -- Part III: To Rule and Be Ruled: Greek Governing Bodies -- Chapter 11: Citizenship, the Citizen Body, and its Assemblies -- The Polis as Community: Cult and Descent -- Participation -- Assignment of timai: Inequality and Equality -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 12: Officials and Office-Holding -- Archein: The Experience of Office-Holding -- Facing the Crowd: Restraints on Official Power -- Conclusions -- Chapter 13: Councils in Greek Oligarchies and Democracies -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 14: Law Courts -- Early Greek Law Courts: Epigraphical Evidence -- Drakonian and Solonian Law Courts -- Arbitration -- Administration of the Courts -- The Dikastic Oath -- Democratic Rituals: Jury Selection in Athens -- Evidence -- Part IV: Process and Procedure -- Chapter 15: Laws and Legislation in Ancient Greece -- Preliterate Greece -- Legislation in the Archaic Period -- Legislation in the Classical Period: Gortyn -- Legislation in the Classical Period: Athens -- Legislation in the Classical Period: Sparta -- Legislation in the Hellenistic Period -- Conclusion -- Chapter 16: Tyche's Force: Lottery and Chance in Greek Government.
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Formatted contents note	Kleroteria: The Literary and Archaeological Evidence -- The Lottery as Pioneer, Equalizer, and Guarantor for Social Order and Political Stability -- The Lot as a Means of Civic Learning -- Lottery as a Psychological Incentive for Citizen Cooperation -- Appendix 16.A Catalogue of Extant kleroteria and Related Material -- Chapter 17: Governmental Checks and Balances -- Exile -- Balancing Decision-Making Bodies -- The Balance and Distribution of Magisterial Power -- Control Procedures -- Legal Proceedings and Sanctions -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 18: Forms and Forums of Public Speech -- Formal Public Speech -- Informal Public Speech -- Literary Public Speech -- Conclusion -- Part V: Responsibilities and Realms of Action -- Chapter 19: Public Administration -- The Development of Public Administration -- The Infrastructure of Public Administration -- Liturgies -- Civil Building Programs -- Epilogue: The Hellenistic Epoch -- Chapter 20: Greek Government and Education: Re-examining the ephebeia -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 21: Government and Warfare -- Greek Warfare in the Archaic Age -- The Era of Hoplite Dominance -- The Athenian "Empire" -- The Fourth Century -- Chapter 22: Finance and Taxes -- Finance -- The Myth of Greek Disdain of Taxes -- Taxing Economic Activity -- Political Taxes -- Coinage, Weights and Measures -- Chapter 23: Greek Government and the Organization of Time -- Natural and Mechanical Time -- Timing Devices -- Calendars -- The Archontic/Festival/Sacred Calendar -- The Bouleutic/Prytany/Civil Calendar -- Regularizing the Calendar -- Conclusion -- Chapter 24: The Religious Management of the polis -- The Religious Management of the Polis -- Political Decision-Making and Oracles -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- Part VI: Space and Memory -- Chapter 25: Spaces of Government -- Civic Architecture -- Assembly Places.
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Formatted contents note	Civic Buildings -- Conclusion: Thucydides on Memory and Civic Architecture -- Chapter 26: Keeping Record, Making Public -- Epigraphic Habit(s) -- Document Materials -- Documents and Records -- Archives -- Epigraphic Habits and the Presentation of Political Culture -- Chapter 27: Monumental Representations of Government -- Aristocracy -- Tyranny -- Democracy -- Monarchy -- Changing Modes of Self-Presentation -- Chapter 28: State Festivals and Celebrations -- Memory of the Dead -- Memory and State Festivals -- Forgetting -- Memory in History -- Part VII: Government Beyond the City-State -- Chapter 29: Greek Amphiktyonies -- Sanctuaries: Religious and Political Centers -- The Role-Model Amphiktyony: Anthela and Delphi -- Spatial Connectivity at Sea: The Amphiktyony of Delos -- The Other Amphiktyonies: Kalaureia and Onchestos -- Amphiktyonic Approaches -- Chapter 30: Polis and koinon -- Isomorphism -- Centers and Brokers -- Instability or Durability? -- Networks and Social Capital -- Contingency -- Chapter 31: Governing Interstate Alliances -- The Main Interstate Alliances -- Distinguishing Features of Interstate Alliances -- Conclusion -- Chapter 32: Interstate Governance -- International Peace: Law and Governance -- Interstate Arbitration in the Greek World -- Koine eirene: "Common Peace" -- International Peace: Success and Failure -- Epilogue -- Athens, Gettysburg, and Beyond-an Unfinished Journey -- Government Between Conflict and Institutional Stabilization: Hellenic Lessons -- Freedom and Politics Beyond Individualism: Hellenic Questions -- Back to the Future? Hellenic Suggestions -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Summary, etc	This comprehensive volume details the variety of constitutions and types of governing bodies in the ancient Greek world. A collection of original scholarship on ancient Greek governing structures and institutions Explores the multiple manifestations of state action throughout the Greek world Discusses the evolution of government from the Archaic Age to the Hellenistic period, ancient typologies of government, its various branches, principles and procedures and realms of governance Creates a unique synthesis on the spatial and memorial connotations of government by combining the latest institutional research with more recent trends in cultural scholarship.
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Local note	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element	Political science - Philosophy - History - To 1500.
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Main entry heading	Beck, Hans
Title	A Companion to Ancient Greek Government
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International Standard Book Number	9781405198585
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Uniform title	Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Ser.
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