The Greek City: From Homer to Alexander

The Greek City. From Homer to Alexander......Page 1
Preface......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
List of Illustrations......Page 9
Notes on Contributors......Page 11
List of Abbreviations......Page 13
1. Cities of Reason - OSWYN MURRAY......Page 15
Appendix......Page 36
Bibliography......Page 37
A. The City in Mediterranean History......Page 41
2. Mobility and the Polis - NICHOLAS PURCELL......Page 43
I. \'SMALL GREECE\'?......Page 45
II. THE EAST AS SOURCE OF MOVEMENT......Page 52
III. THE HUMAN RESOURCE......Page 58
IV. ECOLOGY AND ECONOMY......Page 63
V. MOBILITY AND THE GREEKS......Page 68
3. Military Organization and Social Structure in Archaic Etruria - BRUNO D\'AGOSTINO......Page 73
B. The Geography of the City......Page 97
4. Ancient Landscapes - OLIVER RACKHAM......Page 99
GREECE TODAY AND YESTERDAY......Page 101
The environment......Page 102
Cultivated plants......Page 105
Sudden and gradual changes......Page 106
Trees are not destroyed for ever......Page 107
Natural vegetation and the importance of roots......Page 108
The written record needs to be looked at critically......Page 110
The peril of generalization......Page 114
POLLEN ANALYSIS AND THE ABORIGINAL LANDSCAPE......Page 115
Cities and ecological zones......Page 117
Settlement patterns......Page 118
The limits of cultivation......Page 119
Roads......Page 121
The diversity of Greece......Page 122
A degraded landscape?......Page 125
5. Survey Archaeology and the Rural Landscape of the Greek City - ANTHONY SNODGRASS......Page 129
6. The Size and Resources of Greek Cities - LUCIA NIXON AND SIMON PRICE......Page 153
I......Page 154
II......Page 161
III......Page 168
IV......Page 174
V......Page 178
Appendix. Sums paid in Tribute, as for 441 BC......Page 182
7. Private Space and the Greek City - MICHAEL JAMESON......Page 187
C. The Institutions of the City......Page 213
8. Collective Activities and the Political in the Greek City - PAULINE SCHMITT-PANTEL......Page 215
9. The Political Powers of the People\'s Court in Fourth-Century Athens - MOGENS HERMAN HANSEN......Page 231
I......Page 232
II......Page 238
III......Page 243
IV......Page 247
V......Page 249
VI......Page 255
10. Public Property in the City - DAVID LEWIS......Page 261
Appendix. Demos and Some of its Cognates......Page 276
11. The Demos and its Divisions in Classical Athens - ROBIN OSBORNE......Page 281
I......Page 283
II......Page 293
III......Page 301
Appendix A. Decisions of corporate bodies published at Rhamnous......Page 303
Appendix Β. Texts and Translations of 31 and 39......Page 305
12. What is Polis Religion? - CHRISTIANE SOURVINOU-INWOOD......Page 311
13. Saving the City - EMILY KEARNS......Page 339
D. The Decline of the City......Page 361
I......Page 363
II......Page 366
IV......Page 375
V......Page 380
Index......Page 385