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War, Democracy and Culture in Classical Athens
Language: en
Pages: 479
Authors: David Pritchard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-12-23 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Analyses how the democracy of the classical Athenians revolutionized military practices and underwrote their unprecedented commitment to war-making.
Athenian Democracy at War
Language: en
Pages: 313
Authors: David Pritchard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Studies all four branches of the Athenian armed forces to show how they helped make democratic Athens a superpower.
Sport, Democracy and War in Classical Athens
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: David Pritchard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book explains why the democracy of classical Athens generously sponsored elite sport and idolised its sporting victors.
Performance Culture and Athenian Democracy
Language: en
Pages: 434
Authors: Simon Goldhill
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-06-13 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This 1999 book discusses the ways performance is central to the practice and ideology of Athenian democracy.
Democracy Beyond Athens
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: Eric W. Robinson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-22 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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First full study of ancient Greek democracy in the Classical period outside Athens, which has three main goals: to identify where and when democratic government