The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought

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Edited by Stephen Salkever, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: September 2009
Print publication year:: 2009
Online ISBN:: 9781139002530
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL9780521867535

Subjects:: Ancient History, Literature, Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Classical Studies (General), Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
Collection:: Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
Series:: Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World

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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for this volume and written by leading scholars of classics, political science, and philosophy, the Companion brings these texts to life by analysing what they have to tell us about the problems of political life. Focusing on texts by Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle, among others, they examine perennial issues, including rights and virtues, democracy and the rule of law, community formation and maintenance, and the ways in which theorizing of several genres can and cannot assist political practice.

'… a rich and illuminating volume that offers fresh and useful insight into the political ideals and practices of the ancient Greek world.'

Source: Polis: The Journal for Ancient Greek Political Thought

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Frontmatter
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Introduction
pp 1-14

1 - Homer and Political Thought
pp 15-41

2 - Foundings vs. Constitutions: Ancient Tragedy and the Origins of Political Community
pp 42-64

3 - Most Favored Status in Herodotus and Thucydides: Recasting the Athenian Tyrannicides through Solon and Pericles
pp 65-95

4 - Thucydides and Political Thought
pp 96-125

5 - “This Way of Life, This Contest”: Rethinking Socratic Citizenship
pp 126-155

6 - The Political Drama of Plato’s Republic
pp 156-177

7 - Practical Plato
pp 178-208

8 - Reading Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Politics as a Single Course of Lectures: Rhetoric, Politics, and Philosophy
pp 209-242

9 - Lived Excellence in Aristotle’s Constitution of Athens: Why the Encomium of Theramenes Matters
pp 243-270

10 - The Virtue Politics of Democratic Athens
pp 271-300

11 - Origins of Rights in Ancient Political Thought
pp 301-330

12 - The Emergence of Natural Law and the Cosmopolis
pp 331-364

Select Bibliography
pp 365-366

Index
pp 367-380

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