Defining Citizenship in Archaic Greece

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Citizenship is a major feature of latest national and international politics, but moderately than being a modern phenomenon it is actually a legacy of ancient Greece. The idea that of membership of a community and participation in its social and political life first appeared some three millennia ago, but only towards the end of the fourth century BC did Aristotle offer the first explicit observation about it. Though long accepted, this definition remains deeply rooted in the philosophical and political thought of the classical period, and probably fails to account appropriately for either the preceding centuries or the dynamics of emergent cities: as such, historians are now challenging the application of the Aristotelian model to all Greek cities irrespective of chronology, and are taking a look instead for alternative ways of conceiving citizenship and community.

Focusing on archaic Greece, this volume brings together an array of renowned international scholars with the aim of exploring new routes to archaic Greek citizenship and constructing a new image of archaic cities, which are no longer to be thought to be as primitive or incomplete classical poleis. The essays collected here have not been tailored to endorse any specific view, with every contributor bringing his or her own approach and methodology to bear across a range of specific fields of enquiry, from law, cults, and military obligations, to athletics, commensality, and descent. The volume as a whole exemplifies the living diversity of approaches to archaic Greece and to the Greek city, combining both breadth and depth of insight with an opportunity to venture off the beaten track.

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