Reflections on the Theory and Practice of The Democratic State
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doi:10.4324/9781315830933-11

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Reflections on the Theory and Practice of The Democratic State
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In Athens a free market in books began to exist around 530 bc; it was a place where handwritten books were put on sale in the form of papyrus scrolls. The first ones on offer were Homer’s two great epic poems: the Iliad and the Odyssey.

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