Alternatives to Athens - Varieties of Political Organization and Community in Ancient Greece, 2002, 412 p., br. -

Democratic Athens is often viewed - mistakenly - as the model ancient Greek state. This volume of papers by a wide range of contributors sets the record straight by examining the huge variations of political systems and forms of regional community around the Hellenic world. It highlights the immense political flexibility and diversity of ancient Greek civilization. Contents : Lane Fox: Theognis - Alternative to Democracy. Van Wees: Megara's Mafiosi. Spencer: Exchange and Stasis in Mytilene. Mitchell: Cyrene, Typical, or Atypical? Brand: Monarchy in Athenian Democracy. Rhodes: Oligarchies in Athens. Rutter: Syracusan Democracy. Lintott: Aristotle's Mixed Constitution. Lomas: The Polis in Italy. Morgan: Cities and the Athenian Ethnos. Archibald: Space Hierarchy and Community. Davies: The Molossian Ethnos, State, and Monarchy. Carlier: Homeric and Macedonian Kingship. Keen: The 'Kings' of Achaemenid Lycia. Forrest: The Pre-polis Polis. Arrush: Delphi and her External Relations. Roy: Democracy in the Arcadian Confederacy. Sekinde: Federalism in West Crete.