The Athenian revolution
Subtitle: essays on ancient Greek democracy and political theory
By: Josiah Ober.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Democracy -- Greece -- Athens -- History.
Description: Where did "democracy" come from, and what is its original form and meaning? Here Josiah Ober shows that this "power of the people" crystallized in a revolutionary uprising by the ordinary citizens of Athens in 508-507 B.C.

He then examines the consequences of the development of direct democracy for upper- and lower-class citizens, for dissident Athenian intellectuals, and for those who were denied citizenship under the new regime (women, slaves, resident foreigners), as well as for the general development of Greek history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.