Public Organization in Ancient Greece

Public Organization in Ancient Greece
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Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Total Pages : 440
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ISBN-10 : 0871691760
ISBN-13 : 9780871691767
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Book Synopsis Public Organization in Ancient Greece by : Nicholas F. Jones

Download or read book Public Organization in Ancient Greece written by Nicholas F. Jones and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 1987 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Greek city-states typically administered themselves through more or less permanent divisions of their populations or territories. The Athenian system of phylai ("tribes"), trittyes ("Thirds") & demes ("villages") is the familiar example, but something is known of the arrangements of about 200 other states representing all regions of the Greek world. Drawing upon the predominantly epigraphic record, Dr. Jones provides the first comprehensive analysis, arranged on a state-by-state basis, of these organizations. The book documents the widespread tendency of the public units, quite apart from their state-wide administrative roles, to be organized internally as self-sustaining associations. Constituting a public social organization, these "new communities" addressed the problem of the persistence within the state of inherited regional or political pluralism. Precisely because of their artificiality, the public associations offered an innocuous alternative to the old, divisive loyalties. Thereby a degree of stability might be secured for these often deeply fragmented societies.


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