
Athenian Democracy in Transition
Attic Letter-Cutters of 340 to 290 B.C.
Stephen V. Tracy(Author)
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 1995
Book
Hardback
215 pages
978-0-520-20018-0 (ISBN)
Description
Furthering his approach to classifying and interpreting epigraphical data in his earlier work, the author here studies the inscriptions from the time of Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, Demosthenes and Demetrios. He shows how the "handwriting" of individual stonecutters can be identified. Detailed study of the hands in this largest group of primary documents has enabled the author to offer a number of insights, such as reassessing the career of Demetrios of Phaleron and taking issue with the commonly accepted view that Athenian democracy ended in 322 BC with the defeat by the Macdeonians at Krannon.
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Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-20018-0 (9780520200180)
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Person
Stephen V. Tracy is Professor and Chairman of Classics at Ohio State University, Columbus, and author of Attic Letter-Cutters of 229 to 86 B.C. (California, 1990)