Athenian Democratic Origins: And Other Essays

by G.E.M. de Ste. Croix

Book Overview

In these interconnected essays the late Geoffrey de Ste. Croix defends the institutions of the Athenian democracy, showing that they were much more practical, rational, and impartial than has usually been acknowledged. A major essay provides a new view of Aristotle's use of sources in The Constitution of the Athenians, on which so much of our knowledge of Athenian constitutional history depends. Ste. Croix also argues that commercial factors had much...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199285160
• ISBN13: 9780199285167
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.6" x 8.1"