The Athenian Revolution: Essays on Ancient Greek Democracy and Political Theory

by Josiah Ober

Book Overview

Where did "democracy" come from, and what was its original form and meaning? Here Josiah Ober shows that this "power of the people" crystallized in a revolutionary uprising by the ordinary citizens of Athens in 508-507 B.C. He then examines the consequences of the development of direct democracy for upper-and lower-class citizens, for dissident Athenian intellectuals, and for those who were denied citizenship under the new regime (women, slaves,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691001901
• ISBN13: 9780691001906
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"