The First Democracies: Early Popular Government Outside AthensAthens is often considered to have been the birth place of democracy but there were many democracies in Greece during the Archaic and Classical periods and this is a study of the other democratic states. Robinson begins by discussing ancient and modern definitions of democracy, he then examines Greek terminology, investigates the evidence for other early democratic states and draws conclusions about its emergence. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Introduction | 9 |
Note on Terminology | 11 |
Defining Democracy | 13 |
2 Democratic Beginnings | 16 |
3 Ancient and Modern Democracy Compared | 25 |
Demokratia | 35 |
2 Demokratia in Earlier Authors | 45 |
8 Cnidus | 101 |
9 Cos | 103 |
10 Cyrene | 105 |
11 Elis | 108 |
12 Heraclea Pontica | 111 |
13 Mantinea | 113 |
14 Megara | 114 |
15 Naxos | 117 |
3 Conclusion | 62 |
Archaic Demokratiai | 65 |
2 Achaea and Her Colonies | 73 |
3 Acragas | 78 |
4 Ambracia | 80 |
5 Argos | 82 |
6 Chalcis | 88 |
7 Chios | 90 |
16 Samos | 118 |
17 Syracuse | 120 |
Conclusion | 123 |
2 The Emergence of Greek Democracy | 127 |
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Achaea Aeschylus Ambracia ancient appears Archaic Greece archaic period Argive Argos aristocratic Aristotle Aristotle's assembly Athenian Democracy Athens Aubonnet authority basileis boule demosie century B.C. Chalcis Chios citizen body citizenship classical Cleisthenes colonies contrast Cyrene demarchos democratic Democratic Constitutions democratic government demokratia Demonax demos describe Diodorus discussion douloi early democracy egalitarianism equality Euripides euthyna evidence existed fifth Gehrke Greek democracy Hansen Heraclea Pontica Herodotus hoplite inscription institutions Ionian isonomie Jeffery kyrios literary magistrates Mantinea mean Megara mocracy modern monarchy Newman O'Neil oligarchy Ostwald Oxford participation passage Pericles perioikoi Persian polis politeia political Politique Polybius popular council popular government property qualifications Pseudo-Xenophon Raaflaub refers role rule Samos scholars sixth century Solonian sources Spartan Stasis Theognis Theseus Thucydides Tiryns tyranny tyrant written laws δὲ ἐν ἐς καὶ μὲν οἱ τὰ τὴν τὸ τὸν τοὺς τῶν