ABSTRACT
First published in 2006. The Polis or City-State was the most striking feature of Ancient Greece, and its evolved form is one of the most important contributions of the Greeks to Western civilisation. In this classic study of the Greek city which combines history and sociology, Glotz traces the evolution of the Greek institutions, their essential characteristics, details of their construction and the underlying concepts that created and sustained them, mixing description and analytical insight, always remembering that human societies are not theoretical abstractions, but are comprised of living beings. Glotz's unique sensitivity to the many aspects of the Polis have made this volume required reading for all those interested in classical civilisation and ancient history and politics for over seventy years and there are many thought-provoking parallels with the politics of today.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |32 pages
Introduction Formation of the City
part |84 pages
The City Under Aristocracy
chapter |28 pages
The Homeric City
chapter |20 pages
Origins and Forms of Oligarchy
chapter |19 pages
Oligarchical Institutions
chapter |17 pages
The Birth of Democracy and Tyranny
part |178 pages
The City Under Democracy
chapter |24 pages
Athenian Democracy
chapter |11 pages
Ideas on Democracy
chapter |29 pages
The Assembly of the People
chapter |23 pages
The Council
chapter |28 pages
The Magistrates
chapter |31 pages
Justice
chapter |32 pages
Expansion of the City in the Fifth Century
part |98 pages
The City and its Decline