Jessica Paga

Building Democracy in Late Archaic Athens

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What does it look like to transform your political system from a tyranny to a democracy? This book takes a deep dive into the built environment of ancient Athens during a period of transition in order to answer this question, illuminating the close relationship between politics and architecture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780190083571
• ISBN-10: 0190083573
• Artikelnr.: 60172308

Autorenporträt

Jessica Paga is a Classical Archaeologist, working primarily on ancient Greek architecture, political theory, and ritual theory. Her work focuses mainly on Archaic and Classical monumental architecture, with particular attention to sacred structures. She is an active field archaeologist in both Sicily and Greece.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Chapter 1: The Akropolis: Monuments and Military Dominance
* Chapter 2: The Agora: Form, Function, and Ideology
* Chapter 3: The Astu: The Architectural Matrix of the Polis
* Chapter 4: The Demes: Delineation and Interconnectivity
* Chapter 5: Buildings and Democracy
* Appendix I: Building Chronology in Athens and Attika, 508/7 - 480/79
B.C.E.
* Appendix II: IG I3 4B, The Hekatompedon Decree: Text, Translation,
and Brief Commentary
* Appendix III: Dating the Old Bouleuterion and Stoa Basileios
* Bibliography