LEADER 04352nam 2200673 450 001 9910453076503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4008-4853-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400848539 035 $a(CKB)2550000001136153 035 $a(EBL)1458378 035 $a(OCoLC)861559009 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001036908 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12468905 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001036908 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11042746 035 $a(PQKB)10876139 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1458378 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000159531 035 $a(OCoLC)864747378 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43194 035 $a(DE-B1597)453943 035 $a(OCoLC)1013950725 035 $a(OCoLC)979970334 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400848539 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1458378 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10785988 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL535856 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001136153 100 $a20131106d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDeath to tyrants! $eancient Greek democracy and the struggle against tyranny /$fDavid A. Teegarden 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, New Jersey ;$aOxfordshire, England :$cPrinceton University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-15690-5 311 $a1-306-04605-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPreface -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $tPart I. The Invention of Tyrant-Killing Legislation -- $tChapter 1. The Decree of Demophantos -- $tPart II. Tyrant-Killing Legislation in the Late Classical Period -- $tChapter 2. The Eretrian Tyrant-Killing Law -- $tChapter 3. The Law of Eukrates -- $tPart III. Tyrant-Killing Legislation in the Early Hellenistic Period -- $tChapter 4. The Anti-T yranny Dossier from Eresos -- $tChapter 5. The Philites Stele from Erythrai -- $tChapter 6. The Ilian Tyrant-Killing Law -- $tConclusion -- $tAppendix: The Number and Geographic Distribution of Different Regime Types from the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Periods -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aDeath to Tyrants! is the first comprehensive study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation--laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to "kill a tyrant." David Teegarden demonstrates that the ancient Greeks promulgated these laws to harness the dynamics of mass uprisings and preserve popular democratic rule in the face of anti-democratic threats. He presents detailed historical and sociopolitical analyses of each law and considers a variety of issues: What is the nature of an anti-democratic threat? How would various provisions of the laws help pro-democrats counter those threats? And did the laws work? Teegarden argues that tyrant-killing legislation facilitated pro-democracy mobilization both by encouraging brave individuals to strike the first blow against a nondemocratic regime and by convincing others that it was safe to follow the tyrant killer's lead. Such legislation thus deterred anti-democrats from staging a coup by ensuring that they would be overwhelmed by their numerically superior opponents. Drawing on modern social science models, Teegarden looks at how the institution of public law affects the behavior of individuals and groups, thereby exploring the foundation of democracy's persistence in the ancient Greek world. He also provides the first English translation of the tyrant-killing laws from Eretria and Ilion. By analyzing crucial ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation, Death to Tyrants! explains how certain laws enabled citizens to draw on collective strength in order to defend and preserve their democracy in the face of motivated opposition. 606 $aTyrannicide (Greek law) 607 $aGreece$xHistory$yAge of Tyrants, 7th-6th centuries 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTyrannicide (Greek law) 676 $a342.3808/54 700 $aTeegarden$b David$01029628 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453076503321 996 $aDeath to tyrants$92446173 997 $aUNINA