{"product_id":"the-old-oligarch-the-constitution-of-the-athenians-attributed-to-xenophon-9780856687815","title":"The Old Oligarch The Constitution of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Old Oligarch' is a label often applied to the unknown author of the  Athenian Constitution  preserved with the works of Xenophon. Probably written in the mid 420s B.C., it is the earliest surviving Athenian prose text, and its author was probably a young pupil of the teachers known as sophists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...has all the qualities necessary to become a standard work of reference among the studies that deal with the Old Oligarch - it will not be easy to improve on it.'\u003cbr\u003eReading it has been a stimulating and pleasurable experience. I recommend it very warmly to all interested parties.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  References  Introduction:  1. The name 'Old Oligarch 2. The title of the work 3. dating   4. authorship 5. The author and his immediate audience 6. The self-interest theory  7. The two-fold class division: the demos versus the oligoi 8. Class designations and class labels  9. Other stylistic features  10. Structure  11. The text   Dates assigned to the Constitution of the Athenians  Select Bibliography  Text \u0026amp; translation Constitution of the Athenians  Commentary   Appendixes: 1) The imagined criticisms answered in the work  2) Occurances of the words demos\/demotikoi\/demokratia  3) Qualities \u0026amp; characteristics ascribed to the demos and the oligoi  4) Class designations \u0026amp; class labels  5) Characteristic vocabulary  6) Examples of verbal repetition  7) Generalisations  Index","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866062008663,"sku":"9780856687815","price":29.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780856687815.jpg?v=1722276860","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-old-oligarch-the-constitution-of-the-athenians-attributed-to-xenophon-9780856687815","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}