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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List of Illustrations ix
Notes on Contributors xi
Abbreviated Source Editions and Lexica xvii
Maps xx
Introduction: A Prolegomenon to Ancient Greek Government 1
Hans Beck
PART I Greek Government in History 7
1 The Rise of State Action in the Archaic Age 9
Jonathan M. Hall
2 The Classical Greek Polis and Its Government 22
Barry Strauss
3 Dynastic Courts of the Hellenistic Empires 38
Rolf Strootman
4 Hellenistic Cities: The End of Greek Democracy? 54
Hans-Ulrich Wiemer
PART II Ancient Templates and Typologies 71
5 Archaic and Classical Greek Reflections on Politics and
Government: From Description to Conceptualization, Analysis, and
Theory 73
Kurt A. Raaflaub
6 Plato’s View on Greek Government 93
Luc Brisson
7 Aristotle 105
Peter L.P. Simpson
8 Polybios on Government, Interstate Relations, and Imperial
Expansion 119
Craige B. Champion
9 One-Man Government: The Greeks and Monarchy 131
Nino Luraghi
10 Unlike(ly) Twins? Democracy and Oligarchy in Context
146
Hartmut Leppin
PART III To Rule and Be Ruled: Greek Governing Bodies
159
11 Citizenship, the Citizen Body, and its Assemblies 161
Josine Blok
12 Officials and Office-Holding 176
Alex Mc Auley
13 Councils in Greek Oligarchies and Democracies 191
Robert W. Wallace
14 Law Courts 205
Domingo Aviles and David C. Mirhady
PART IV Process and Procedure 219
15 Laws and Legislation in Ancient Greece 221
Michael Gagarin
16 Tyche’s Force: Lottery and Chance in Greek Government
235
Elizabeth Kosmetatou
17 Governmental Checks and Balances 252
Pierre Frohlich
18 Forms and Forums of Public Speech 267
Loren J. Samons II
PART V Responsibilities and Realms of Action 285
19 Public Administration 287
Frances Pownall
20 Greek Government and Education: Re-examining the ephebeia
302
Lynn Kozak
21 Government and Warfare 317
John Serrati
22 Finance and Taxes 332
Vincent Gabrielsen
23 Greek Government and the Organization of Time 349
Robert Hannah
24 The Religious Management of the polis: Oracles and Political
Decision-Making 366
Pierre Bonnechere
PART VI Space and Memory 383
25 Spaces of Government: Civic Architecture and Memory 385
Charles W. Hedrick, Jr.
26 Keeping Record, Making Public: The Epigraphy of Government
400
Adele C. Scafuro
27 Monumental Representations of Government 417
Jenifer Neils
28 State Festivals and Celebrations 432
Pauline Schmitt Pantel
PART VII Government Beyond the City-State 449
29 Greek Amphiktyonies: An Experiment in Transregional
Governance 451
Peter Funke
30 Polis and koinon: Federal Government in Greece 466
Jeremy Mc Inerney
31 Governing Interstate Alliances 480
Thomas Figueira and Sean R. Jensen
32 Interstate Governance: Arbitration and Peacekeeping 497
Sheila L. Ager
Epilogue: The Legacy of Greek Government – Something That
Has ‘Never Occurred Again’? 512
Uwe Walter
Bibliography 525
Index 581
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Hans Beck is Professor of Ancient History, John
Mac Naughton Chair of Classics and Director of Classical Studies at
Mc Gill University in Montreal. He is the author and editor of
many books, among them Polis und Koinon (1997), Central
Greece and the Politics of Power in the Fourth Century BC (with
J. Buckler, 2008), and Consuls and Res Publica: Holding High
Office in the Roman Republic (co-editor, 2011).
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