Building democracy in late archaic Athens - Paga, Jessica (New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021)
What does it look like to transform your political system from a tyranny to a democracy? This book takes a deep dive into the built environment of ancient Athens during a period of transition in order to answer this question, illuminating the close relationship between politics and architecture.
The Akropolis: Monuments and Military Dominance -- The Agora: Form, Function, and Ideology -- The Astu: The Architectural Matrix of the Polis -- The Demes: Delineation and Interconnectivity -- Buildings and Democracy -- Appendix I: Building Chronology in Athens and Attika, 508/7 - 480/79 B.C.E. -- Appendix II: IG I3 4B, The Hekatompedon Decree: Text, Translation, and Brief Commentary -- Appendix III: Dating the Old Bouleuterion and Stoa Basileios.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 20, 2021).
Specialized.
Previously issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Democracy and architecture -- Greece -- Athens; Architecture and society -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 1500.; Architecture -- Greece -- Athens; Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government; Athens (Greece) -- Buildings, structures, etc