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Sword Arm of the Demos : = The Military Contributions of the Athenian Elite.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Sword Arm of the Demos :/
Reminder of title:	The Military Contributions of the Athenian Elite.
Author:	Green, Derek Bryan.
Description:	1 online resource (348 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-01, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International84-01A.
Subject:	History. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=29310746click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798834019268

Sword Arm of the Demos : = The Military Contributions of the Athenian Elite.
Green, Derek Bryan.

Sword Arm of the Demos :The Military Contributions of the Athenian Elite. - 1 online resource (348 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-01, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Ohio State University, 2021.

Includes bibliographical references

Traditionally, scholars of Classical Athenian history have assumed that the Athenian demokratia organized itself for war around the principle of egalitarianism. My dissertation, which focuses on the military contributions of the elite, marks a significant departure from this view by arguing that this is decidedly not the case. In fact, I argue that the elite were so dominant in every aspect of war-making that warfare under the demokratia was primarily an elite concern. Not only did wealthy Athenians serve more frequently in the ranks, but they did so in a larger number of capacities. The liturgies of elite citizens funded both the individual triremes and in many cases, entire military expeditions. Athenian armies and fleets were led by the most elite citizens, who also dominated debates over matters of war and peace in the ekklesia. This elite domination did not undermine the sovereignty of the demos as a whole, however, as the demos was able to keep its elite members in line due to strict accountability measures. Significantly, these accountability measures, which were vital to the demokratia, were enforced almost exclusively by the elite. This decidedly inegalitarian approach to warfare has a broader significance when it comes to understanding the very nature of demokratia itself. I argue that, when we consider both the inequalities that we see at work when the Athenians made war with better known inequalities, such as the non-inclusion of women in politics and the widespread use of slave labor, this shows that demokratia was built on different principles than modern democracy and did not share modern concerns about inequality. The broader significance of this realization, I argue, is that future studies of demokratia should be more careful about delineating the differences between demokratia and democracy before hazarding comparisons.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798834019268Subjects--Topical Terms:

516518
History.
Subjects--Index Terms:

DemokratiaIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
Electronic books.

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