'Old Oligarch' The Constitution of the Athenians Attributed to Xenophon

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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'Old Oligarch' is a label often applied to the unknown author of the Athenian Constitution preserved with the works of Xenophon. Probably written in the mid 420s B.C., it is the earliest surviving Athenian prose text, and its author was probably a young pupil of the teachers known as sophists. It is an essay which replies to oligarchic criticisms of the Athenian democracy by agreeing with the critics that democracy is distasteful but arguing that it is appropriate for Athens as a city whose power depends on the poorer citizens who row the navy's ships, and that it is successful and could not easily be overthrown. This edition provides a Greek text and English translation, with Introduction, Commentary and Appendixes which discuss the date, authorship and character of the work, the historical background, the statements and arguments presented by the author and features of the author's style.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2008-07-26
Mått149 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAris & Phillips Classical Texts
Antal sidor208
FörlagLiverpool University Press
ISBN9780856687761
ÖversättareMarr, John L.

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J.L. Marr is Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter.P. J. Rhodes was Professor of Ancient History and is now Honorary Professor and Emeritus Professor at Durham University. He has edited and translated four volumes of Thucydides’ Histories in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series, as well as two volumes on the Athenian Constitution. His many other publications include Periclean Athens (Bloomsbury, 2018) and The Greek City States: A Source Boo’ (Cambridge University Press, 2007). He was President of the Classical Association from 2014–15 and was awarded the Chancellor’s Medal, University of Durham, in 2015.

PrefaceReferencesIntroduction:1. The name 'Old Oligarch2. The title of the work3. dating4. authorship5. The author and his immediate audience6. The self-interest theory7. The two-fold class division: the demos versus the oligoi8. Class designations and class labels9. Other stylistic features10. Structure11. The textDates assigned to the Constitution of the AtheniansSelect BibliographyText & translation Constitution of the AtheniansCommentaryAppendixes:1) The imagined criticisms answered in the work2) Occurances of the words demos/demotikoi/demokratia3) Qualities & characteristics ascribed to the demos and the oligoi4) Class designations & class labels5) Characteristic vocabulary6) Examples of verbal repetition7) GeneralisationsIndex