Title The regime of Demetrius of Phalerum in Athens, 317-307 BCE : a philosopher in politics / by Lara O'Sullivan

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 344 pages) : illustrations Series Mnemosyne supplements, 0169-8958 ; volume 318. History and archaeology of classical antiquity Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 318. Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity. Contents The background to the regime : Demetrius of Phalerum's early years. The years in obscurity : the reigns of Philip, Alexander, and the age of Lycurgus -- Demetrius' rise to prominence : Athens after Alexander -- The decade of Demetrius : some introductory observations -- Demetrius the law-giver : the moral programme. Burial laws -- The gunaikonomoi and their laws -- The nomophulakes -- Demetrius and the ephêbeia -- The laws : an interpretation and discussion of the historical context -- The institutions of democracy. The citizen body -- The assembly and council -- Elections and the archonship -- Jurisdiction in the courts : the graphê paranomôn and eisangelia -- The Areopagus -- The Athenian institutions : a summary -- Festivals and finances : the economic administration of Athens. Demetrius and the khorêgeia -- The other liturgies -- The Athenian economy, 317-307 -- Philosophy and the Phalerean regime. Demetrius' laws and the Peripatos -- The philosophical schools and political calumny -- Demetrius : orator, peripatetic, and patron of philosophers -- Athens and Cassander. The years 317-307 : a narrative history -- Athenian foreign policy under Demetrius of Phalerum -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. The literary sources for the regime of Demetrius -- Appendix 2. Gunaikonomoi & nomophulakes : a comparison -- Appendix 3. The duties of the gunaikonomoi : a rejected suggestion Summary This work draws upon a close re-examination of the literary and epigraphic evidence to offer new understandings of Athenian history during the decade-long rule (317-307 BCE) of the accomplished Peripatetic scholar and renowned legislator, Demetrius of Phalerum Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-333) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Demetrius, of Phaleron, approximately 350 B.C.- Demetrius, of Phaleron, approximately 350 B.C.- -- Political and social views SUBJECT Demetrius, of Phaleron, approximately 350 B.C.- fast Demetrius Phalereus. swd Subject Governors -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography Statesmen -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography Orators -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography Philosophers, Ancient -- Biography Philosophy, Ancient. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- Ancient. Governors International relations Orators Philosophers, Ancient Philosophy, Ancient Political and social views Politics and government Statesmen SUBJECT Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government Athens (Greece) -- Relations -- Macedonia Macedonia -- Relations -- Greece -- Athens Subject Europe -- Macedonia Greece -- Athens Athen Genre/Form Biographies Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9789047441236 9047441230 1282950797 9781282950795

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