The Associations of Classical Athens: The Response to Democracy

Contents......Page 12
List of Figures......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 16
Introduction: The Subject......Page 22
Limitation of the Subject: Quantity of Evidence and Chronology......Page 23
Ancient Sources for the Associations of Classical Athens......Page 26
Secondary Literature on the Associations of Classical Athens......Page 40
The Definition of \"Association\"......Page 44
Solon\'s Law on Associations......Page 52
Democracy and Associations......Page 64
The Deme as \"Natural Community\"......Page 70
The Disposition of the Deme: People or Territory?......Page 75
The Territorial Deme......Page 89
3 The Isolation of the Demes......Page 101
Pankleon, Dekeleia, and the Isolation of the Rural Demes......Page 102
The Extra-Urban Deme as Independent Administrative Center......Page 105
Determinants of the Isolation of the Extra-Urban Demes: General Considerations and an Hypothesis......Page 113
Testing the Hypothesis: Documents of the Demes......Page 119
Testing the Hypothesis: The Demes in Comedy......Page 126
Deme versus Deme Relations......Page 134
The Women of the Demotai......Page 142
The Rise of the Territorial Deme......Page 152
The Decline of the Constitutional Deme......Page 162
Introduction......Page 170
The Disposition of the Phyle Organization......Page 174
The Agorai: Location, Schedule, Agenda, and Purpose......Page 180
The Solidarity of the Phyle as Association......Page 188
Postscriptum......Page 191
The Officers of the Internally Organized Phylai......Page 193
The Proposers of the Decrees......Page 201
The Honorands of the Decrees......Page 203
The Phyle Association as Instrument of Representation......Page 210
The Public Role of the Phratries......Page 214
Regional Distribution and Relation to the Urban Center......Page 219
The Relations of the Phratries and the Demes......Page 230
Subdivisions of the Phratry and Social Differentiation......Page 233
Classical Athenian \"Voluntary\" Associations......Page 240
\"Clubs\"......Page 242
Philosophical Schools......Page 246
Regional Associations......Page 253
Genê......Page 261
Orgeones......Page 268
Introduction......Page 287
The Public Organization: Components and Disposition......Page 291
The Public Organization: External or Statewide Functions......Page 295
The Public Organization: Internal or Associational Functions......Page 301
The Syssitia......Page 303
Conclusion: The City of the Laws and Associations......Page 305
10 Government and Associations: \"The Response to Democracy\"......Page 307
Appendix 1. Post-Macedonian Associations at Athens......Page 326
Appendix 2. Solon\'s Law on Associations......Page 330
Appendix 3. Documents of the Internally Organized Phylai......Page 340
Bibliography......Page 344
Select Literary Passages......Page 352
Select Inscriptions......Page 354
A......Page 356
D......Page 357
E......Page 358
K......Page 359
P......Page 360
R......Page 362
V......Page 363
X......Page 364