The New Politicians of Fifth-century Athens

By: W. Robert Connor

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Hardcover | 1 October 1992

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A reprint of the Princeton University Press edition of 1972, with new Preface by the author.

In this powerful contribution to our understanding of politics in fifth-century Athens, Connor constructs models of Athenian political groupings to explain the rise of the "new politicians," young men who launched a new kind of democracy by appealing to the citizenry at large. With Pericles as prototype and Cleon as exemplar of the new politician, this engaging work provides an important insight into the politics of Athens at the height of its power.

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. . . a valuable book, and written in such a way that its interest should by no means be limited to classical scholars.-- Times Literary Supplement . . . a major, stimulating, and positive contribution to our understanding of late fifth-century Athenian politics.--J. K. Davies, Gnomon

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Preface
Introduction
Abbreviations	p. 2
Political Groups in Fifth-Century Athens	p. 3
Political "Parties"	p. 5
Family Ties	p. 9
The Extension of Family Ties	p. 15
The Political Club: The Hetaireia	p. 25
Conclusion: Political Friendship	p. 30
Political Friendship and Civic Loyalty	p. 35
The Operation of Political Friendship	p. 36
Some Ethical Problems in Friendship	p. 44
The Responses of the Politicians	p. 53
The Effects of Political Friendship	p. 58
Toward a New Model	p. 66
The New Democracy	p. 87
Cleon's Repudiation of His Friends	p. 91
The New Vocabulary of Politics	p. 99
Effects and Implications
Effects and Implications
Pericles and Cleon	p. 119
Two Models of Politics	p. 134
Toward Revolution	p. 139
The New Style of Politics	p. 139
Two New Developments	p. 143
The Social Standing of Cleon and His Successors	p. 151
Culture and Education	p. 163
Old Comedy and the New Politicians	p. 168
Withdrawal from Politics	p. 175
Toward Revolution	p. 194
App. I. The Debate in Herodotus 3.80-83	p. 199
App. II. On the Date of pseudo-Xenophon's Constitution of Athens	p. 207
Bibliography	p. 211
Index	p. 213
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