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Book SynopsisPoliteia and Koinōnia are forms of government and citizenship, community and participation, from Sappho’s social and political status to the economic and religious activity of women, from the reforms of Solon to the French Revolution. This book by leading scholars in ancient Greek history explores the most important aspects of Greek civilization and those that stirred the most our modern curiosity and our modern perceptions of Greek antiquity. The reason to organize this unique international exchange of ideas was to celebrate the outstanding scholarly achievement of Professor Josine Blok on the occasion of her retirement in 2019.
Table of ContentsPreface Notes on Contributors Part 1 Citizenship 1 Was Sappho a Citizen? Social and Political Aspects of Sappho’s Poetry André Lardinois 2 Early Greek Poetry, Social Mobility, and Solon’s Census Classes Marek Węcowski 3 Citizens as Drinkers? A Glimpse from the Countryside of the Archaic Argolid Gunnel Ekroth 4 How (Not) to Be a Citizen: Subordination and Participation of the perioikoi in Hellenistic Sparta (and Elsewhere) Christel Müller 5 Citizenship as the City’s Revealing Mirror: Comparative Considerations on the Content and the Historical Context of Citizenship in Athens and Rome Kostas Buraselis Part 2 Historiography 6 Herodotus, Thucydides, and the ‘Wheel of History’: Patterns of Historical Interpretation Kurt A. Raaflaub 7 Documenting the Past: Primary Sources in Fourth-century Historiography Nino Luraghi 8 Polis Patriotism and the Writing of Athenian History: Philochoros of Athens Rosalind Thomas 9 Athens and the French Revolution Oswyn Murray Part 3 Participation: Politics and Beyond 10 Lottery and Mixture in the Greek Polis Irad Malkin 11 Elis and Pisatis: A Case Study in Political Participation Hans-Joachim Gehrke 12 Beyond the Limits of the Polis? Once Again on the Relations between Teos and Abdera Maurizio Giangiulio 13 Tragedy, Tribes and the Civic Landscape in Classical Athens François de Polignac 14 Without Dust Thomas Heine Nielsen 15 Women’s Work? Who Made Textiles in the Ancient Greek World? Lin Foxhall 16 Xenokrateia the Athenian and her Tailor-made Divine Team Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge Part 4 Valedictory Lecture 17 Sortition and Democracy Josine Blok index
