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The Athenian Revolution

Paperback
Published : Sunday 3 January 1999
ISBN : 9780691001906
Price : €46.80


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Where did "democracy" come from, and what was its original form and meaning? The author shows that this "power of the people" crystallized in a revolutionary uprising by the ordinary citizens of Athens in 508-507 BC. He also examines the consequences of the development of direct democracy for dissident Athenian intellectuals.



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