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The Greek city states : a source book by [compiled and translated by] Peter J. Rhodes is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Greek city states : a source book about?
Political activity and political thinking began in the cities and other states of ancient Greece, and terms such as tyranny, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy and politics itself are Greek words for concepts first discussed in Greece. Rhodes presents in translation a selection of texts illustrating the formal mechanisms and informal workings of the Greek states in all their variety. From the states described by Homer out of which the classical Greeks believed their states had developed, through
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- [compiled and translated by] Peter J. Rhodes
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521850490
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, History, Anthropology
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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