Demos: The Discovery of Classical Attika

by Robin Osborne

2021-01-01 21:27:52

Demos is a study of a classical city-state. It is the first attempt to provide an integrated account which gives due attention to the countryside as well as the urban areas of a polis. Concentrating on classical Athens, for which the literary and arc... Read more
Demos is a study of a classical city-state. It is the first attempt to provide an integrated account which gives due attention to the countryside as well as the urban areas of a polis. Concentrating on classical Athens, for which the literary and archaeological evidence is richest, Dr Osborne establishes the nature of settlement in the countryside and explores how this relates to the farming of the land, the exploitation of mineral resources, and the nature of political participation in both local and central politics. Further studies reveal the way in which the countryside was structured by religious institutions and cults and by the nature of the family. Less

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File size8.82 X 5.67 X 0.79 in
Print pages300
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date February 28, 1985
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521267762

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