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Book SynopsisHistory, political philosophy, and constitutional law were born in Athens in the space of a single generation - the generation that lived through the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE). This text provides an examination of this democracy transformed by war.
Trade Review"So thorough, exhaustive and wide-ranging an investigation.... The attentive reader can still confront most of the enigmas and inconsistencies that bedevil this key period, and form his or her own theories from the ample materials provided." - Times Literary Supplement "It is a dull reader indeed who will not be provoked by Munn's arguments." - David J. Schenker, The Classical Review "A work of considerable research...closely argued and detailed." - Terry Edwards, Joint Association of Classical Teachers Review "This is perhaps the fullest and most detailed cultural and intellectual history of the Athenian democracy that I have seen, dense with profound, comprehensive, and original insights. It is not an uncritical hymn of praise but an informative, intelligent, and well-balanced critical account... readable and accessible to both professional scholars and interested laypersons." - Martin Ostwald, author ofFrom Popular Sovereignty to the Sovereignty of Law
