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 Perspective 19 1 Exploring the Greek Needle's Eye: Civilizational and Political Transformations 21 Johann P. Arnason 2 Transformations of Democracy: Towards a History of Political Thought and Practice in Long-term Perspective 47 Peter Wagner Part II Ways of Polis-making: Grasping the Novelty of the Political 69 3 To Act with Good Advice: Greek Tragedy and the Democratic Political Sphere 71 Egon Flaig 4 Democracy and Dissent: the Case of Comedy 99 Lucio Bertelli 5 Democracy, Oratory, and the Rise of Historiography in Fifth-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 on Polis 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 Democracy 323 Kurt A. Raaflaub 15 Tyranny and Tragedy in Nietzsche's Understanding of the Greek Polis 351 Tracy B. Strong 16 The Liberty of the Moderns Compared to the Liberty of the Ancients 371 Nathalie Karagiannis and Peter Wagner Index 389