Cleisthenes the Athenian: An Essay on the Representation of Space and Time in Greek Political Thought from the End of the Sixth Century to the Death of Plato by David Ames Curtis

Cleisthenes the Athenian: An Essay on the Representation of Space and Time in Greek Political Thought from the End of the Sixth Century to the Death of Plato

David Ames Curtis

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Describes how in 507-506 BC Cleisthenes regrouped Athenians into ten tribes equitably spaced around the city and decoupled city time from the religious calendar. Argues that democracy was born in those reforms. First published in 1964 as Clisthene...

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