Athenian Democracy
Reading List – Athenian Democracy
Ancient Sources:
Aristotle, The Constitution of Athens
Herodotus, The Histories, Penguin Classics, especially books I, V-IX.
LACTOR 1, The Athenian Empire.
LACTOR 5, Athenian Politics.
The Old Oligarch, LACTOR 2.
Plutarch, The Rise and Fall of Athens, Penguin Classics – omitting Theseus.
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Penguin Classics.
Modern Works:
Andrewes, A., Greek Society
Ehrenburg, V., From Solon to Socrates
Finley, M. I., The Ancient Greeks
Forrest, W. G., The Emergence of Greek Democracy
Hignett, C., A History of the Athenian Constitution, OUP.
Kitto, H. D. F., The Greeks
1. Introduction
The Physical Environment
“The character of their history is so intimately connected with the character of their dwelling places that we cannot conceive it apart from their land and seas” (Bury & Meiggs)
Herodotus commented of the beauty of his world and generally Greek literature points......
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