Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Imaginary Kings: Alternatives to Monarchy in Early Greece 1
6. Form and Content: The Question of Tyranny in Herodotus 25
7. Stick and Glue: The Function of Tyranny in Fifth-Century Athenian Democracy 59
8. Tragic Tyranny 95
9. Dēmos Tyrannos: Wealth, Power, and Economic Patronage 117
10. Demos, Demagogue, Tyrant in Attic Old Comedy 155
11. The Tyranny of the Audience in Plato and Isocrates 181
12. Tyrant Killing as Therapeutic Stasis: A Political Debate in Images and Texts 215
13. Changing the Discourse 251
14. Afterword 273
15. Bibliography 277
16. Notes on Contributors 305
17. General Index 309
18. Index Locorum 315