Book of Donmon Teith

This book rewrites the political and public history of Athens

This book explores how democracy in Athens was recreated and the city rebuilt following the oligarchic revolutions of the fifth century BC.

The Classical Athenians were the first to articulate and implement the notion that ordinary citizens of no particular affluence or education could make responsi

Genesis -- Servants of the city -- Strange slaves -- The democratic order of knowledge -- The mysteries of the Greek state

Among maternal deities of the Greek pantheon, the Mother of the Gods was a paradox. Conflict and resolution were played out symbolically, Munn shows, and the go