Anna Missiou

Literacy and Democracy in Fifth-Century Athens

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Produktbeschreibung

The first full study of the relationship between literacy and democracy in fifth-century Athens.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780521111409
• ISBN-10: 0521111404
• Artikelnr.: 31198466

Autorenporträt

Anna Missiou is Associate Professor of Ancient Greek History at the University of Crete. Her previous publications include The Subversive Oratory of Andokides: Politics, Ideology and Decision-Making in Democratic Athens (1992).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: background, concepts and issues
1. The geography of literacy
2. Literacy and political ethos: the institution of ostracism
3. Literacy through intermediaries: I. the ostraka
4. Literacy through intermediaries: II. stone inscriptions
5. Athenian literacy in its sociopolitical context
Conclusions: literacy and Athenian democracy
Appendix I: studying the ostraka: technical difficulties and personal assumptions
Appendix II: for an early date for the institution of the prytaneis
Appendix III: literacy beyond the urban centre: councillors-prytaneis from remote demes.