The Greek City: From Homer to Alexander

The Greek City. From Homer to Alexander
Preface
Contents
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
List of Abbreviations
1. Cities of Reason - OSWYN MURRAY
	Appendix
	Bibliography
A. The City in Mediterranean History
	2. Mobility and the Polis - NICHOLAS PURCELL
		I. \'SMALL GREECE\'?
		II. THE EAST AS SOURCE OF MOVEMENT
		III. THE HUMAN RESOURCE
		IV. ECOLOGY AND ECONOMY
		V. MOBILITY AND THE GREEKS
	3. Military Organization and Social Structure in Archaic Etruria - BRUNO D\'AGOSTINO
B. The Geography of the City
	4. Ancient Landscapes - OLIVER RACKHAM
		GREECE TODAY AND YESTERDAY
			The environment
			Cultivated plants
		METHODS AND FALLACIES IN ECOLOGICAL HISTORY
			There are other actors in this theatre besides Man
			Sudden and gradual changes
			Trees are not destroyed for ever
			Goats are not necessarily bad
			Natural vegetation and the importance of roots
			The written record needs to be looked at critically
			The peril of generalization
		POLLEN ANALYSIS AND THE ABORIGINAL LANDSCAPE
		THE LANDSCAPE AND THE POLIS—HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW?
			The classical and the aboriginal landscapes
			Cities and ecological zones
			Settlement patterns
			The limits of cultivation
			Roads
			The diversity of Greece
			A degraded landscape?
	5. Survey Archaeology and the Rural Landscape of the Greek City - ANTHONY SNODGRASS
	6. The Size and Resources of Greek Cities - LUCIA NIXON AND SIMON PRICE
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		Appendix. Sums paid in Tribute, as for 441 BC
	7. Private Space and the Greek City - MICHAEL JAMESON
C. The Institutions of the City
	8. Collective Activities and the Political in the Greek City - PAULINE SCHMITT-PANTEL
	9. The Political Powers of the People\'s Court in Fourth-Century Athens - MOGENS HERMAN HANSEN
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	10. Public Property in the City - DAVID LEWIS
		Appendix. Demos and Some of its Cognates
	11. The Demos and its Divisions in Classical Athens - ROBIN OSBORNE
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		Appendix A. Decisions of corporate bodies published at Rhamnous
		Appendix Β. Texts and Translations of 31 and 39
	12. What is Polis Religion? - CHRISTIANE SOURVINOU-INWOOD
	13. Saving the City - EMILY KEARNS
D. The Decline of the City
	14. Doomed to Extinction: The Polis as an Evolutionary Dead-End - W. G. RUNGIMAN
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Index