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1 online resource (xii, 344 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Mnemosyne supplements, 0169-8958 ; volume 318. History and archaeology of classical antiquity |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 318.
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity.
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Contents |
The background to the regime : Demetrius of Phalerum's early years. The years in obscurity : the reigns of Philip, Alexander, and the age of Lycurgus -- Demetrius' rise to prominence : Athens after Alexander -- The decade of Demetrius : some introductory observations -- Demetrius the law-giver : the moral programme. Burial laws -- The gunaikonomoi and their laws -- The nomophulakes -- Demetrius and the ephêbeia -- The laws : an interpretation and discussion of the historical context -- The institutions of democracy. The citizen body -- The assembly and council -- Elections and the archonship -- Jurisdiction in the courts : the graphê paranomôn and eisangelia -- The Areopagus -- The Athenian institutions : a summary -- Festivals and finances : the economic administration of Athens. Demetrius and the khorêgeia -- The other liturgies -- The Athenian economy, 317-307 -- Philosophy and the Phalerean regime. Demetrius' laws and the Peripatos -- The philosophical schools and political calumny -- Demetrius : orator, peripatetic, and patron of philosophers -- Athens and Cassander. The years 317-307 : a narrative history -- Athenian foreign policy under Demetrius of Phalerum -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. The literary sources for the regime of Demetrius -- Appendix 2. Gunaikonomoi & nomophulakes : a comparison -- Appendix 3. The duties of the gunaikonomoi : a rejected suggestion |
Summary |
This work draws upon a close re-examination of the literary and epigraphic evidence to offer new understandings of Athenian history during the decade-long rule (317-307 BCE) of the accomplished Peripatetic scholar and renowned legislator, Demetrius of Phalerum |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-333) and indexes |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Demetrius, of Phaleron, approximately 350 B.C.-
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Demetrius, of Phaleron, approximately 350 B.C.- -- Political and social views
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Demetrius, of Phaleron, approximately 350 B.C.- fast |
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Demetrius Phalereus. swd |
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Governors -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography
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Statesmen -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography
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Orators -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography
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Philosophers, Ancient -- Biography
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Ancient.
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Governors
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International relations
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Orators
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Philosophers, Ancient
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Philosophy, Ancient
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Political and social views
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Politics and government
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Statesmen
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Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government
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Athens (Greece) -- Relations -- Macedonia
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Macedonia -- Relations -- Greece -- Athens
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Europe -- Macedonia
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Greece -- Athens
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Athen
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789047441236 |
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9047441230 |
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1282950797 |
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9781282950795 |
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