Stability and Crisis in the Athenian Democracy

edited by Gabriel Herman

Book cover: Stability and Crisis in the Athenian Democracy

Extent: 165 pages

Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag

Subjects: Classical Studies

Series: Historia - Einzelschriften

Series volume number: 220

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(September 2011)

ISBN: 9783515098670

6.65 x 9.45 inches

Price: $70.00

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Was the Athenian democracy anarchic, given to domestic violence and hence unstable, as claimed by some scholars, or was it a stable, well-ordered, social system, provided with in-built mechanisms to overcome crisis? Various aspects of this question, central to the understanding of the Athenian democracy, are investigated in this volume by a team of distinguished experts. The often surprising answers they provide should be of interest to specialists as well as laymen. The volume is dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Alexander Fuks.

  • Edited by Gabriel Herman