The Athenian Revolution: Essays on Ancient Greek Democracy and Political Theory by Josiah Ober

The Athenian Revolution: Essays on Ancient Greek Democracy and Political Theory

Josiah Ober

224 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
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Where did democracy come from, and what was its original form and meaning? Here Josiah Ober shows that this power of the people crystallized in a revolutionary uprising by the ordinary citizens of Athens in 508-507 B.C. He then examines the conseq...

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