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Author O'Sullivan, Lara.

Title The regime of Demetrius of Phalerum in Athens, 317-307 BCE [electronic resource] : a philosopher in politics / by Lara O'Sullivan.

Imprint Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description xii, 344 p. : ill.
Series Mnemosyne. Supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, 0169-8958 ; v. 318
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; v. 318.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents The background to the regime : Demetrius of Phalerum's early years. The years in obscurity : the reigns of Philip, Alexander, and the age of Lycurgus -- Demetrius' rise to prominence : Athens after Alexander -- The decade of Demetrius : some introductory observations -- Demetrius the law-giver : the moral programme. Burial laws -- The gunaikonomoi and their laws -- The nomophulakes -- Demetrius and the ephebeia -- The laws : an interpretation and discussion of the historical context -- The institutions of democracy. The citizen body -- The assembly and council -- Elections and the archonship -- Jurisdiction in the courts : the graphe paranomon and eisangelia -- The Areopagus -- The Athenian institutions : a summary -- Festivals and finances : the economic administration of Athens. Demetrius and the khoregeia -- The other liturgies -- The Athenian economy, 317-307 -- Philosophy and the Phalerean regime. Demetrius' laws and the Peripatos -- The philosophical schools and political calumny -- Demetrius : orator, peripatetic, and patron of philosophers -- Athens and Cassander. The years 317-307 : a narrative history -- Athenian foreign policy under Demetrius of Phalerum -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. The literary sources for the regime of Demetrius -- Appendix 2. Gunaikonomoi & nomophulakes : a comparison -- Appendix 3. The duties of the gunaikonomoi : a rejected suggestion.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Demetrius, of Phaleron, b. ca. 350 B.C.
Demetrius, of Phaleron, b. ca. 350 B.C. -- Political and social views.
Governors -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography.
Statesmen -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography.
Orators -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography.
Philosophers, Ancient -- Biography.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government.
Athens (Greece) -- Relations -- Macedonia.
Macedonia -- Relations -- Greece -- Athens.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004178885 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9004178880 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9789047441236 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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