A Companion to Ancient Greek Government

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Hans Beck
John Wiley & Sons, Jan 22, 2013 - History - 616 pages

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
 

Contents

Illustrations
Abbreviated Source Editions and Lexica
The Rise of State Action in the Archaic
The Classical Greek Polis and Its Government
Dynastic Courts of the Hellenistic Empires
Friendship
Hellenistic Cities
Archaic and Classical Greek Reflections on Politics and Government
Forms and Forums of Public Speech
Public Administration
Greek Government and Education Reexamining the ephebeia
Government and Warfare
Finance and Taxes
Greek Government and the Organization of Time
The Religious Management of the polis
Spaces of Government

Platos View on Greek Government
Aristotle
Polybios on Government Interstate Relations and Imperial
OneMan Government
Unlikely Twins
Citizenship the Citizen Body and its Assemblies
Officials and OfficeHolding
Councils in Greek Oligarchies and Democracies
Law Courts
Laws and Legislation in Ancient Greece
Tyches Force Lottery and Chance in Greek Government
Governmental Checks and Balances
Keeping Record Making Public
Monumental Representations of Government
State Festivals and Celebrations
Greek Amphiktyonies
Polis and koinon
Governing Interstate Alliances
Interstate Governance
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Copyright

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About the author (2013)

Hans Beck is Professor of Ancient History, John MacNaughton Chair of Classics and Director of Classical Studies at McGill 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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