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Author Cohen, Edward E.

Title The Athenian nation / Edward E. Cohen
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 250 pages)
Contents Introduction : Athens as paradox -- Athens as nation -- Anomalous Athens -- The local residents of Attika -- An ancient construct : the Athenian nation -- A modern myth : the Athenian village -- Wealthy slaves in a "slave society" -- The social contract : sexual abuse and sexual profit
Summary Challenging the modern assumption that ancient Athens is best understood as a polis, Edward Cohen boldly recasts our understanding of Athenian political and social life. Cohen demonstrates that ancient sources referred to Athens not only as a polis, but also as a "nation" (ethnos), and that Athens did encompass the characteristics now used to identify a "nation."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-228) and index
Notes English
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Subject Social classes -- Greece -- Athens -- History
Social stratification -- Greece -- Athens -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
Social classes
Social conditions
Social stratification
Burgerschap.
Bewoners.
Sociale stratificatie.
Griekse oudheid.
SUBJECT Athens (Greece) -- Social conditions
Greece -- Social conditions -- To 146 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057129
Subject Greece
Greece -- Athens
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1400814200
9781400814206
9781400824663
1400824664
9786612158995
6612158999
1282158996
9781282158993