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One. Cleisthenes: The Family Curse behind Athenian Democracy

  • Nancy Evans
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Civic Rites
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© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Illustrations xi
  4. Preface xiii
  5. Maps xvii
  6. Introduction: The City of Pericles and Socrates 1
  7. One. Cleisthenes: The Family Curse behind Athenian Democracy 12
  8. Two. Athena: Religion and the Demo cratic Polis 35
  9. Three. Pericles: Empire and War in the City of Athena 63
  10. Four. Demeter: Civic Worship, Women’s Rites, and the Eleusinian Mysteries 100
  11. Five. Alcibiades: Politics, Religion, and the Cult of Personality 131
  12. Six. Dionysus: Civic Rituals of Wine, Theater, and Transformation 170
  13. Seven. Socrates: Impiety Trials in the Restored Democracy 208
  14. Epilogue: The City after Socrates 241
  15. Glossary of terms 245
  16. Suggested further readings by chapter 251
  17. Bibliography 257
  18. Index 265
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520945487-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Illustrations xi
  4. Preface xiii
  5. Maps xvii
  6. Introduction: The City of Pericles and Socrates 1
  7. One. Cleisthenes: The Family Curse behind Athenian Democracy 12
  8. Two. Athena: Religion and the Demo cratic Polis 35
  9. Three. Pericles: Empire and War in the City of Athena 63
  10. Four. Demeter: Civic Worship, Women’s Rites, and the Eleusinian Mysteries 100
  11. Five. Alcibiades: Politics, Religion, and the Cult of Personality 131
  12. Six. Dionysus: Civic Rituals of Wine, Theater, and Transformation 170
  13. Seven. Socrates: Impiety Trials in the Restored Democracy 208
  14. Epilogue: The City after Socrates 241
  15. Glossary of terms 245
  16. Suggested further readings by chapter 251
  17. Bibliography 257
  18. Index 265
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