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The Athenian nation / Edward E. Cohen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [(c)2000.]Description: 1 online resource (xx, 250 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1400814200
  • 9781400814206
  • 9781400824663
  • 1400824664
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HN10.74
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Contents:
Introduction : Athens as paradox -- Athens as nation -- Anomalous Athens -- The local residents of Attika -- An ancient construct : the Athenian nation -- A modern myth : the Athenian village -- Wealthy slaves in a "slave society" -- The social contract : sexual abuse and sexual profit.
Summary: Challenging the modern assumption that ancient Athens is best understood as a polis, Edward Cohen boldly recasts our understanding of Athenian political and social life. Cohen demonstrates that ancient sources referred to Athens not only as a polis, but also as a "nation" (ethnos), and that Athens did encompass the characteristics now used to identify a "nation."
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Online Book G. Allen Fleece Library Online Non-fiction HN10.74 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocm52137617\

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : Athens as paradox -- Athens as nation -- Anomalous Athens -- The local residents of Attika -- An ancient construct : the Athenian nation -- A modern myth : the Athenian village -- Wealthy slaves in a "slave society" -- The social contract : sexual abuse and sexual profit.

Challenging the modern assumption that ancient Athens is best understood as a polis, Edward Cohen boldly recasts our understanding of Athenian political and social life. Cohen demonstrates that ancient sources referred to Athens not only as a polis, but also as a "nation" (ethnos), and that Athens did encompass the characteristics now used to identify a "nation."

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