The Ideology of Democratic Athens

Investigates the construction of democratic ideology in Classical Athens through a study of the social memory of Athens’ mythical past Proposes a novel approach to Athenian democratic ideology that opens new frontiers of investigation in ancient history and the social sciencesThe introduction clearly sets out the aims and methodology of the book and its place within the scholarship in ancient history and the social sciencesFour case studies illuminate the impact of Athenian democratic institutio