A Companion to Ancient Greek Government

This comprehensive volume details the variety of constitutions and types of governing bodies in the ancient Greek world. * A collection of original scholarship on ancient Greek governing structures and institutions * Explores the multiple manifestations of state action throughout the Greek world * Discusses the evolution of government from the Archaic Age to the Hellenistic period, ancient typologies of government, its various branches, principles and procedures and realms of governance * Creates a unique synthesis on the spatial and memorial connotations of government by combining the latest institutional research with more recent trends in cultural scholarship

InhaltsangabeList of Illustrations ix Notes on Contributors xi Abbreviated Source Editions and Lexica xvii Maps xx Introduction: A Prolegomenon to Ancient Greek Government 1 Hans Beck PART I Greek Government in History 7 1 The Rise of State Action in the Archaic Age 9 Jonathan M. Hall 2 The Classical Greek Polis and Its Government 22 Barry Strauss 3 Dynastic Courts of the Hellenistic Empires 38 Rolf Strootman 4 Hellenistic Cities: The End of Greek Democracy? 54 HansUlrich Wiemer PART II Ancient Templates and Typologies 71 5 Archaic and Classical Greek Reflections on Politics and Government: From Description to Conceptualization, Analysis, and Theory 73 Kurt A. Raaflaub 6 Plato's View on Greek Government 93 Luc Brisson 7 Aristotle 105 Peter L.P. Simpson 8 Polybios on Government, Interstate Relations, and Imperial Expansion 119 Craige B. Champion 9 OneMan Government: The Greeks and Monarchy 131 Nino Luraghi 10 Unlike(ly) Twins? Democracy and Oligarchy in Context 146 Hartmut Leppin PART III To Rule and Be Ruled: Greek Governing Bodies 159 11 Citizenship, the Citizen Body, and its Assemblies 161 Josine Blok 12 Officials and Office-Holding 176 Alex McAuley 13 Councils in Greek Oligarchies and Democracies 191 Robert W. Wallace 14 Law Courts 205 Domingo Aviles and David C. Mirhady PART IV Process and Procedure 219 15 Laws and Legislation in Ancient Greece 221 Michael Gagarin 16 Tyche's Force: Lottery and Chance in Greek Government 235 Elizabeth Kosmetatou 17 Governmental Checks and Balances 252 Pierre Frohlich 18 Forms and Forums of Public Speech 267 Loren J. Samons II PART V Responsibilities and Realms of Action 285 19 Public Administration 287 Frances Pownall 20 Greek Government and Education: Re-examining the ephebeia 302 Lynn Kozak 21 Government and Warfare 317 John Serrati 22 Finance and Taxes 332 Vincent Gabrielsen 23 Greek Government and the Organization of Time 349 Robert Hannah 24 The Religious Management of the polis: Oracles and Political Decision-Making 366 Pierre Bonnechere PART VI Space and Memory 383 25 Spaces of Government: Civic Architecture and Memory 385 Charles W. Hedrick, Jr. 26 Keeping Record, Making Public: The Epigraphy of Government 400 Adele C. Scafuro 27 Monumental Representations of Government 417 Jenifer Neils 28 State Festivals and Celebrations 432 Pauline Schmitt Pantel PART VII Government Beyond the City-State 449 29 Greek Amphiktyonies: An Experiment in Transregional Governance 451 Peter Funke 30 Polis and koinon: Federal Government in Greece 466 Jeremy McInerney 31 Governing Interstate Alliances 480 Thomas Figueira and Sean R. Jensen 32 Interstate Governance: Arbitration and Peacekeeping 497 Sheila L. Ager Epilogue: The Legacy of Greek Government - Something That Has "Never Occurred Again"? 512 Uwe Walter Bibliography 525 Index 581