Moral Values and Political Behaviour in Ancient Greece: From Homer to the End of the Fifth Century

MORAL VALUES AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR IN ANCIENT GREECE. From Homer to the end of the Fifth Century......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 8
Note on Transliteration......Page 10
Chronological Table......Page 12
1. Problems and Methods......Page 16
2. The World of the Homeric Poems......Page 25
A. INTRODUCTORY......Page 37
B. HESIOD: AN Agathos IN DECLINE?......Page 38
C. TYRTAEUS: Arete AND THE WARRIOR......Page 50
D. THEOGNIS: Agathoi AND Kakoi IN CONFLICT......Page 52
E. XENOPHANES AND SOLON: Eunomia AND THE LAWGIVER......Page 61
A. INTRODUCTORY......Page 73
B. Agathos AND Arete......Page 75
G. 'MORAL' RESTRAINTS UPON THE WOULD-BE TYRANT......Page 88
D. WHAT DETERS FROM INJUSTICE?......Page 90
A. INTRODUCTORY......Page 114
B. Nomos AND JUSTICE......Page 118
C. Nomos AND Phusis......Page 121
D. NEW VALUES......Page 127
E. THE COURTS OF DEMOCRATIC ATHENS......Page 134
F. Arete WITHIN THE CITY......Page 141
G. Arete AND FOREIGN POLICY......Page 148
H. SOCIAL STATUS IN ATHENIAN POLITICS......Page 154
II SECONDARY MATERIAL......Page 164
INDEX......Page 170