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020			_a9781351621441
037			_bTaylor & Francis _cGBP 41.99 _fBB
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100	1		_aSviatoslav Dmitriev
245	1	0	_aBirth of the Athenian Community _bFrom Solon to Cleisthenes
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260			_aOxford _bRoutledge _c20171016
300			_a408 p
520			_bThe Birth of the Athenian Community elucidates the social and political development of Athens in the sixth century, when, as a result of reforms by Solon and Cleisthenes (at the beginning and end of the sixth century, respectively), Athens turned into the most advanced and famous city, or polis , of the entire ancient Greek civilization. Undermining the current dominant approach, which seeks to explain ancient Athens in modern terms, dividing all Athenians into citizens and non-citizens, this book rationalizes the development of Athens, and other Greek poleis , as a gradually rising complexity, rather than a linear progression. The multidimensional social fabric of Athens was comprised of three major groups: the kinship community of the astoi , whose privileged status was due to their origins; the legal community of the politai , who enjoyed legal and social equality in the polis ; and the political community of the demotai , or adult males with political rights. These communities only partially overlapped. Their evolving relationship determined the course of Athenian history, including Cleisthenes’ establishment of demokratia , which was originally, and for a long time, a kinship democracy, since it only belonged to qualified male astoi .
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