{"product_id":"the-birth-of-the-athenian-sviatoslav-dmitriev-9781138083516","title":"The Birth of the Athenian Community: From Solon to Cleisthenes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Birth of the Athenian Community\u003c\/em\u003e elucidates the social and political development of Athens in the sixth century, when, as a result of reforms by Solon and Cleisthenes (at the beginning and end of the sixth century, respectively), Athens turned into the most advanced and famous city, or \u003ci\u003epolis\u003c\/i\u003e, of the entire ancient Greek civilization. Undermining the current dominant approach, which seeks to explain ancient Athens in modern terms, dividing all Athenians into citizens and non-citizens, this book rationalizes the development of Athens, and other Greek \u003ci\u003epoleis\u003c\/i\u003e, as a gradually rising complexity, rather than a linear progression. The multidimensional social fabric of Athens was comprised of three major groups: the kinship community of the \u003ci\u003eastoi\u003c\/i\u003e, whose privileged status was due to their origins; the legal community of the \u003ci\u003epolitai\u003c\/i\u003e, who enjoyed legal and social equality in the \u003ci\u003epolis\u003c\/i\u003e; and the political community of the \u003ci\u003edemotai\u003c\/i\u003e, or adult males with political rights. These communities only partially overlapped. Their evolving relationship determined the course of Athenian history, including Cleisthenes' establishment of \u003ci\u003edemokratia\u003c\/i\u003e, which was originally, and for a long time, a kinship democracy, since it only belonged to qualified male \u003ci\u003eastoi\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sviatoslav Dmitriev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138083518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138083516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018","brand":"Sviatoslav Dmitriev","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120926028031,"sku":"9781138083516","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d64436c-4c1f-4b31-ac37-0b109fbefaee.jpg?v=1687417056","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-birth-of-the-athenian-sviatoslav-dmitriev-9781138083516","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}