Title: The Athenian Revolution
Subtitle: Essays on Ancient Greek Democracy and Political Theory
First published: 1996
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.
Subjects: Democracy, History, Politics and government, Démocratie, Histoire, Idées politiques, Politique et gouvernement, Griekse oudheid, Democratie, Politieke situatie, Athens (greece), history
Places: Athens, Greece
LC classification: JC75.D36 O24 1996