Alternatives to Athens: Varieties of Political Organization and Community in Ancient Greece

by Roger Brock (editor), Stephen Hodkinson (Editor)

This volume contains eighteen essays by established and younger historians that examine non-democratic alternative political systems and ideologies--oligarchies, monarchies, mixed constitutions--along with diverse forms of communal and regional associations such as ethnoi , amphiktyonies , and confederacies. The papers, which span the length and breadth of the Hellenic world highlight the immense political flexibility and diversity of ancient Greek civilization.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

412 pages, Hardcover

First published December 28, 2000