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Fame, Money, and Power : the Rise of Peisistratos and "Democratic" Tyranny at Athens.
The sixth century is a very contentious time; Fame, Money, and Power unambiguously advances our understanding of Peisistratos and archaic Athens. No one else has tackled so many of the difficult issues that Lavelle has taken on. --David Tandy, University of Tennessee "Well researched and engagi...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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University of Michigan Press
2010.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction; 1. Foreword; 2. Sources; 3. Method; 4. Democratic Tyranny; II. The Path to Fame: The Early Life and Career of Peisistratos; 1. Introduction; 2. Pylians and Neleidai; 3. Family Background and Incipient Ambition; 4. Peisistratos and the Megarian War; III. Money, Persuasion, and Alliance: The Early Tyrannies of Peisistratos; 1. Introduction; 2. Peisistratos' First Tyranny; 3. Peisistratos' Second Tyranny; IV. The Tide of Wealth and Power: Peisistratos' Exile, Return, and ""Rooting"" of the Tyranny; 1. The Thracian Sojourn; 2. The Pallēnē Campaign; V. Summary.
- 1. The Three Reins of the ""Democratic"" Tyrant2. Reflections of the Sixth-Century Democratic Prototype in Democratic Athens; Appendices; A. The Site of the Attic Deme Philaïdai; B. The Environment of Eastern Attika in the Sixth Century B.C.E.; C. Prosopography; D. Peisistratos' Chronology; E. The Origins of the Herodotean Parties; F. The Site of Rhaikēlos; G. Peisistratos and the Purification of Delos: Actions and Intentions; H. Sophokles and Herodotos on the Foundations of Tyranny: Oedipous Tyrannos, 540-42; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Illustrations following page 146.