The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy

Series Editor's Preface vii
Contributors viii
Introduction 1
Johann P. Arnason, Kurt A. Raaflaub, and Peter Wagner
Part I The Greek Experience in Long-term Perspective19
1 Exploring the Greek Needle's Eye: Civilizational andPolitical Transformations 21
Johann P. Arnason
2 Transformations of Democracy: Towards a History of PoliticalThought and Practice in Long-term Perspective 47
Peter Wagner
Part II Ways of Polis-making: Grasping the Novelty of thePolitical 69
3 To Act with Good Advice: Greek Tragedy and the DemocraticPolitical Sphere 71
Egon Flaig
4 Democracy and Dissent: the Case of Comedy 99
Lucio Bertelli
5 Democracy, Oratory, and the Rise of Historiography inFifth-century Greece 126
Jonas Grethlein
6 Political Uses of Rhetoric in Democratic Athens 144
Harvey Yunis
7 Law and Democracy in Classical Athens 163
Adriaan Lanni
8 Democracy and Political Philosophy: Influences, Tensions,Rapprochement 181
Ryan K. Balot
9 Inscriptions and the City in Democratic Athens 205
Elizabeth A. Meyer
Part III Changing a Way of Life: Democracy's Impact onPolis Society 225
10 The Impact of Democracy on Communal Life 227
Sara L. Forsdyke
11 The Demos's Participation in Decision-making:Principles and Realities 260
Claude Mossé
12 Democracy and Religion in Classical Greece 274
Robin Osborne
13 Democracy and War 298
Lawrence A. Tritle
Part IV Political Concepts and Commitments 321
14 Perfecting the "Political Creature": Equality and"the Political" in the Evolution of Greek Democracy323
Kurt A. Raaflaub
15 Tyranny and Tragedy in Nietzsche's Understanding of theGreek Polis 351
Tracy B. Strong
16 The Liberty of the Moderns Compared to the Liberty of theAncients 371
Nathalie Karagiannis and Peter Wagner
Index 389