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THE POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF ATTICA A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council
by Traill, John S
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- 0876615140
- ISBN 13
- 9780876615140
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American School of Classical Studies. Very Good-. 1975. Softcover. 0876615140 . Former owner's name on titlepage. Foxing to first few pages. ; Hesperia Supplement XIV; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 150 pages; Using inscriptions recording council membership recovered by excavations in the Athenian Agora, the author presents a detailed reconstruction of the political geography of Attica. The reforms of the 6th-century B. C. Politician Cleisthenes organized Athenian citizens into ten tribes (phylai) , divided into thirty "thirds" (trittyes) and 139 local units (demes). The author shows how this visionary arrangement was maintained almost unchanged until at least 200 B. C. And provided the basis for the whole representative system at the center of ancient democracy. Charts and tables document the evidence in great detail, but the whole arrangement is made easier to understand by the inclusion of a color map, the basis for almost all scholarship on Athenian politics since this book was first published. .
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- Title
- THE POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF ATTICA A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council
- Author
- Traill, John S
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0876615140
- ISBN 13
- 9780876615140
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies
- Place of Publication
- Princeton
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- 0876615140, Athens & Athenians, Classical Greek & Roman, Political Science, Greek History, Attica
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- Political Science;
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