A History Of The Athenian Constitution To The End Of The Fifth Century B.C.
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Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: General wear and fraying on external cover. Binding tight. Light Shelf wear. Pages clean but with some light pencil underlines throughout.
A landmark work of classical scholarship, A History of the Athenian Constitution to the End of the Fifth Century B.C. presents a rigorous and authoritative account of the political development of ancient Athens from its earliest tribal origins through the turbulent close of the fifth century. C. Hignett meticulously traces the evolution of Athenian governmental institutions—from the archaic magistracies and the Areopagus to the sweeping democratic reforms of Cleisthenes and the radical democracy of the Periclean age—subjecting ancient sources to penetrating critical scrutiny. Written in a precise and scholarly tone, the work argues against many long-accepted traditions, challenging the reliability of later ancient accounts and reconstructing constitutional history on firmer evidential ground. Hignett details the roles of key reformers and the social tensions that drove successive waves of constitutional change, illustrating how Athenian democracy was not a sudden invention but a hard-won, incremental achievement. An indispensable reference for students and scholars of ancient Greek history, this authoritative study remains one of the most thorough and critically demanding treatments of Athenian political institutions ever produced.
Author: C. Hignett
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, Oxford at the Clarendon Press
Genre: Ancient history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: General wear and fraying on external cover. Binding tight. Light Shelf wear. Pages clean but with some light pencil underlines throughout.
A landmark work of classical scholarship, A History of the Athenian Constitution to the End of the Fifth Century B.C. presents a rigorous and authoritative account of the political development of ancient Athens from its earliest tribal origins through the turbulent close of the fifth century. C. Hignett meticulously traces the evolution of Athenian governmental institutions—from the archaic magistracies and the Areopagus to the sweeping democratic reforms of Cleisthenes and the radical democracy of the Periclean age—subjecting ancient sources to penetrating critical scrutiny. Written in a precise and scholarly tone, the work argues against many long-accepted traditions, challenging the reliability of later ancient accounts and reconstructing constitutional history on firmer evidential ground. Hignett details the roles of key reformers and the social tensions that drove successive waves of constitutional change, illustrating how Athenian democracy was not a sudden invention but a hard-won, incremental achievement. An indispensable reference for students and scholars of ancient Greek history, this authoritative study remains one of the most thorough and critically demanding treatments of Athenian political institutions ever produced.