O'Sullivan, Lara.

The regime of Demetrius of Phalerum in Athens, 317-307 BCE a philosopher in politics / [electronic resource] : by Lara O'Sullivan. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - xii, 344 p. : ill. - Mnemosyne. Supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, v. 318 0169-8958 ; . - Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; v. 318. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The background to the regime : Demetrius of Phalerum's early years. The years in obscurity : the reigns of Philip, Alexander, and the age of Lycurgus -- Demetrius' rise to prominence : Athens after Alexander -- The decade of Demetrius : some introductory observations -- Demetrius the law-giver : the moral programme. Burial laws -- The gunaikonomoi and their laws -- The nomophulakes -- Demetrius and the ephębeia -- The laws : an interpretation and discussion of the historical context -- The institutions of democracy. The citizen body -- The assembly and council -- Elections and the archonship -- Jurisdiction in the courts : the graphę paranomôn and eisangelia -- The Areopagus -- The Athenian institutions : a summary -- Festivals and finances : the economic administration of Athens. Demetrius and the khoręgeia -- The other liturgies -- The Athenian economy, 317-307 -- Philosophy and the Phalerean regime. Demetrius' laws and the Peripatos -- The philosophical schools and political calumny -- Demetrius : orator, peripatetic, and patron of philosophers -- Athens and Cassander. The years 317-307 : a narrative history -- Athenian foreign policy under Demetrius of Phalerum -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. The literary sources for the regime of Demetrius -- Appendix 2. Gunaikonomoi & nomophulakes : a comparison -- Appendix 3. The duties of the gunaikonomoi : a rejected suggestion.


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Demetrius, of Phaleron, b. ca. 350 B.C.
Demetrius, of Phaleron, b. ca. 350 B.C. --Political and social views.


Governors--Greece--Athens--Biography.
Statesmen--Greece--Athens--Biography.
Orators--Greece--Athens--Biography.
Philosophers, Ancient--Biography.
Philosophy, Ancient.


Athens (Greece)--Politics and government.
Athens (Greece)--Relations--Macedonia.
Macedonia--Relations--Greece--Athens.


Electronic books.

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