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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451276603321

Autore

Keaney John J

Titolo

The composition of Aristotle's Athenaion politeia [[electronic resource] ] : observation and explanation / / John J. Keaney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1992

ISBN

1-280-52584-3

0-19-536140-7

1-4294-0728-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Disciplina

320.938/5

Soggetti

Political geography

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-186) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Origin and Authorship of the Politeiai; 2. The ""Cultural"" Origin of the πολιτεiαι; 3. The ""πολιτεiα"" Genre and Its Origin; 4. The Unity of the 'Αθπολ; 5. Observation and Explanation; 6. Methods and Purposes; 7. Structure and Meaning; 8. Vertical Structure: Ring Composition; 9. Horizontal Structure: Chiasmus; 10. The Politics of Institutions versus the Politics of Personality; 11. The δοκεiν Formula; 12. A Constitutional Formula; 13. Aristotle and Theopompus; 14. Aristotle and Theramenes; 15. The Series in Chapter 41; 16. δημοζ, πλnθοζ, and πoλιζ

17. The Dating Formula18. Chapter 45: n βουλn; 19. The Other πολιτεiαι; Bibliography; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; X; Index locorum

Sommario/riassunto

A critical analysis of Aristotle's historical document on Athenian democracy, which starts from the belief that the ""Athenaion Politeia"" does not fit any ancient genre. The author argues that Aristotle created a new genre and was not therefore inhibited by generic constraints of any kind.