Greek federal terminology
By: Jacek Rzepka
Series: Akanthina -- 12; Monograph series Akanthina -- 12.
Publisher: Foundation for the Development of University of Gdańsk
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Gdańsk
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9788375312379
Subjects: Greek language; Vocabulary; Federal government; Politics and government
Description: This is a study of the vocabulary which the Greeks used to speak about states different from the polis (city-state). Some of these states, such as Boeotia in the fourth, and Achaea and Aetolia in the third century BC, reached superpower status in Greek politics. Nowadays these states are commonly called federal, but we lack any serious reflection of federalism in Greek political thought. In pursuit of specifically federalist language Rzepka examines the inscriptions testifying to the working of Greek leagues and the life of federal Greeks, as well as a vast range of Classical authors. He argues that the deliberate choice of technical terms, and especially the emergence of federalist jargon in the Hellenistic period, reflect the development of the federalist path in Greek political thought.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-93) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Koinon and the names for Greek federal states -- -- 2.; title: Council-based government -- -- 3.; title: Constitutional imports between Greek leagues: unity and diversity of federal patterns -- -- 4.; title: Language of collaboration - language of association -- -- 5.; title: Isopoliteia - sympoliteia - synteleia, or shades and overtones of federal participation -- -- 6.; title: Federal expansion and association treaties -- -- 7.; title: Federal Greeks abroad.