The Power of Individual and Community in Ancient Athens and Beyond

Essays in Honour of John K. Davies

edited by Zosia Archibald and Jan Haywood

Book cover: The Power of Individual and Community in Ancient Athens and Beyond

Extent: 300 pages

Publisher: The Classical Press of Wales

Subjects: Classical Studies

Series: Greek World

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2018)

ISBN: 9781910589731

Price: $85.00

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PDF (Published)

(December 2018)

ISBN: 9781910589922

Price: $68.00

The pioneering ideas of John Kenyon Davies, one of the most significant Ancient Historians of the past half century, are celebrated in this collection of essays.


The pioneering ideas of John Kenyon Davies, one of the most significant Ancient Historians of the past half century, are celebrated in this collection of essays. A distinguished cast of contributors, who include Alain Bresson, Nick Fisher, Edward Harris, John Prag, Robin Osborne, and Sally Humphreys, focus tightly on the nexus of socio-political and economic problems that have preoccupied Davies since the publication of his defining work Athenian Propertied Families in 1971. The scope of Davies’ interest has ranged widely in conceptual, and chronological, as well as geographical terms, and the essays here reflect many of his long-term concerns with the writing of Greek history, its methods and materials.

  • Edited by Zosia Archibald
  • Edited by Jan Haywood