Isbn: 9780806120133 - the greek city states: a sourcebook (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition (US) First Printing. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Light yellowing to wraps.; 266 pages; Political activity and political thinking began in the cities and other states of ancient Greece, and terms such as tyranny, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy and politics itself are Greek words for concepts first discussed in Greece. Rhodes presents in translation a selection of texts illustrating the formal mechanisms and informal workings of the Greek states in all their variety. From the states described by Homer out of which the classical Greeks believed their states had developed, through the archaic period which saw the rise and fall of tyrants and the gradual broadening of citizen bodies, to the classical period of the fifth and fourth centuries, Rhodes also looks beyond that to the Hellenistic and Roman periods in which the Greeks tried to preserve their way of life in a world of great powers.…

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st thus (1986). 266pp. Near Fine copy.

Original softcover. Zustand: Gut. XX, 266 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Minimally rubbed, allover very good condition. / Minimal berieben, insgesamt sehr guter Zustand. - This fascinating Source Book collects for the first time, entirely in translation, the primary texts relating to ancient Greek political structures. It includes material on not only the world of Homer and the classical city states but also the federal states and leagues, and it covers citizenship laws, decision making, administrative machinery, and jurisdiction. Scholars in ancient history and students of political theory will find it a welcome resource. It will be particularly valuable to teachers of classics who are not specialists in Greek history. - P. J. Rhodes, a renowned Greek historian, is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Durham. ISBN 9780806120133 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 6391.…