{"product_id":"early-greek-political-thought-from-homer-to-the-sophists-paperback-9780521437684","title":"Early Greek Political Thought from Homer to the Sophists (Paperback) 9780521437684","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEarly Greek Political Thought from Homer to the Sophists\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis edition of early Greek writings on social and political issues includes works by more than thirty authors.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Gagarin (Edited by), Paul Woodruff (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521437684, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 21 September 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e388 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Because of its wide range of materials included and the helpful editorial additions, this is an extremely valuable anthology, certainly the best in its field.  It would be an excellent text to use in courses on ancient political thought.\"   R.K., Ethics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis edition of early Greek writings on social and political issues includes works by more than thirty authors. There is a particular emphasis on the sophists, with the inclusion of all of their significant surviving texts, and the works of Alcidamas, Antisthenes and the 'Old Oligarch' are also represented. In addition there are excerpts from early poets such as Homer, Hesiod and Solon, the three great tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, the historians Herodotus and Thucydides, medical writers and presocratic philosophers. Besides political theory, areas represented include early anthropology, sociology, ethics and rhetoric, and the wide range of issues discussed includes human nature, the origin of human society, the origin of law, the nature of justice, the forms of good government, the distribution of wealth, and the distribution of power among genders and social classes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Principal dates\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical note\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Table of equivalents\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Early Poetry: 1\u003cbr\u003e Homer\u003cbr\u003e 2. Hesiod\u003cbr\u003e 3. Archilochus\u003cbr\u003e 4. Tyrtaeus\u003cbr\u003e 5. Solon\u003cbr\u003e 6. Theognis\u003cbr\u003e 7. Hymn to Hephaestus\u003cbr\u003e 8. Simonides\u003cbr\u003e 9. Xenophanes\u003cbr\u003e 10. Pindar\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Tragedy: 11. Aeschylus\u003cbr\u003e 12. Sophocles\u003cbr\u003e 13. Euripides\u003cbr\u003e 14. Other tragic fragments\u003cbr\u003e Part III. History and Folklore: 15. Herodotus\u003cbr\u003e 16. Thucydides\u003cbr\u003e 17. The old Oligarch\u003cbr\u003e 18. Aesop\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Philosophy and Science: 19. Heraclitus\u003cbr\u003e 20. Democritus\u003cbr\u003e 21. Medical writers from the Hippocratic corpus\u003cbr\u003e 22. Antisthenes\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Sophists\u003cbr\u003e 23. Protagoras\u003cbr\u003e 24. Gorgias\u003cbr\u003e 25. Prodicus\u003cbr\u003e 26. Hippias\u003cbr\u003e 27. Antiphon\u003cbr\u003e 28. Thrasymachus\u003cbr\u003e 29. Evenus\u003cbr\u003e 30. Critias\u003cbr\u003e 31. Lycophron\u003cbr\u003e 32. Alcidamas\u003cbr\u003e 33. Anonymus Iamblichi\u003cbr\u003e 34. Dissoi Logoi\u003cbr\u003e 35. From unknown authors\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003630047512,"sku":"9780521437684","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521437684i_07656700-7bc3-4e47-a0db-387dc0e5220a.jpg?v=1691381862","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/early-greek-political-thought-from-homer-to-the-sophists-paperback-9780521437684","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}