Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. A. Political Culture of the Polis
5. 1. Shares and Rights: “Citizenship” Greek Style and American Style 7
6. 2. Isokratia as a Political Concept (Herodotus, 5.92α.1) 22
7. 3. Oligarchy and Oligarchs in Ancient Greece 39
8. 4. Stasis and Autonomia in Samos: A Comment on an Ideological Fallacy 52
9. 5. Peace and War in Plato and Aristotle 69
10. B. Nomos in Greek History and Thought
11. 6. Pindar, Nomos, and Heracles (Pindar, frg. 169 [Snell] and POxy. No. 2450, frg. 1) 93
12. 7. Was There a Concept Agraphos Nomos in Classical Greece? 125
13. 8. Nomos and Physis in Antiphon’s Περί′Aληθείαϛ 158
14. C. Constitutional and Political Institutions of Athens
15. 9 Athenian Democracy – Reality or Illusion? 175
16. 10. Public Expense: Whose Obligation? Athens 600–454 b.c.e. 191
17. 11. Diodotus, Son of Eucrates 205
18. 12. Athens and Chalkis: A Study in Imperial Control 214
19. 13. The Areopagus in the Athenaion Politeia 230
20. 14. The Sophists and Athenian Politics 245
21. D. Literature and History
22. 15. Herodotus and Athens 265
23. 16. Thucydides 278
24. Bibliography of Martin Ostwald 297
25. English Index 301
26. Greek Index 317
27. Acknowledgments 323