POLIS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ANCIENT GREEK CITY-STATE; TRANS. BY JOHN CROOK

From antiquity until the nineteenth century, there have been two types of state: macro-states, each dotted with a number of cities, and regions broken up into city-states, each consisting of an urban centre and its hinterland. A region settled with interacting city-states constituted a city-state culture and Polis opens with a description of the concepts of city, state, city-state, and city-state culture, and a survey of the 37 city-state cultures so far identified. Mogens Herman Hansen provides a thoroughly accessible introduction to the polis (plural: poleis), or ancient Greek city-state, which represents by far the largest of all city-state cultures. He addresses such topics as the emergence of the polis, its size and population, and its political organization, ranging from famous poleis such as Athens and Sparta through more than 1,000 known examples. Contents 8 Introduction 10 I. CITY-STATES IN WORLD HISTORY 14 1. Cities, States, City-States and City-State Cultures 16 2. A Sketch of the Thirty-Seven Identified City-State Cultures 26 3. ‘Country-States’ versus City-State Cultures 33 II.THE CITY-STATE CULTURE IN ANCIENT GREECE 38 Introduction 40 4. The Unity of the City-State Culture of Ancient Greece 42 5. The Rise of the Ancient Greek City-State Culture 48 6. The End of the City-State Culture in Ancient Greece 57 7. How Poleis Arose and Disappeared 60 8. What is a Polis? An Investigation of the Concept of ‘Polis’ 65 9. The Polis as City and State 71 10. Polis as City 75 11. The Settlement Pattern of the Ancient Greek City-States 76 12. The Size and Population of the Cities 82 13. The Demography of the Greek City-State Culture 86 14. The Economy of the Cities: Max Weber’s ‘Ideal Type’ 94 15. Polis as City in the Archaic Period 107 16. The Greek Conception of Polis as a City with a Hinterland 110 17. Polis as State 115 18. Army 125 19. Religion 127 20. State and Society 131 21. Civil War (Stasis) 134 22. Relationships between Poleis 136 23. The Hellenistic Polis 141 III. CONCLUSION 144 24. The Polis Compared with Other City-State Cultures 146 Notes 156 References 200 Index of Sources 224 Index of Names 235 A 235 B 236 C 236 D 237 E 237 F 237 G 237 H 238 I 238 J 238 K 238 L 239 M 239 N 240 O 240 P 240 R 241 S 241 T 242 U 243 V 243 W 243 X 243 Y 243 Z 243 General Index 244 A 244 B 244 C 244 D 244 E 245 F 245 G 245 H 245 I 245 K 245 L 245 M 245 N 245 O 245 P 245 R 246 S 246 T 246 U 246 V 246 W 246 X 246 Z 246 MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Contents 8 Introduction 10 I. CITY-STATES IN WORLD HISTORY 14 1. Cities, States, City-States and City-State Cultures 16 2. A Sketch of the Thirty-Seven Identified City-State Cultures 26 3. ‘Country-States’ versus City-State Cultures 33 II.THE CITY-STATE CULTURE IN ANCIENT GREECE 38 Introduction 40 4. The Unity of the City-State Culture of Ancient Greece 42 5. The Rise of the Ancient Greek City-State Culture 48 6. The End of the City-State Culture in Ancient Greece 57 7. How Poleis Arose and Disappeared 60 8. What is a Polis? An Investigation of the Concept of ‘Polis’ 65 9. The Polis as City and State 71 10. Polis as City 75 11. The Settlement Pattern of the Ancient Greek City-States 76 12. The Size and Population of the Cities 82 13. The Demography of the Greek City-State Culture 86 14. The Economy of the Cities: Max Weber’s ‘Ideal Type’ 94 15. Polis as City in the Archaic Period 107 16. The Greek Conception of Polis as a City with a Hinterland 110 17. Polis as State 115 18. Army 125 19. Religion 127 20. State and Society 131 21. Civil War (Stasis) 134 22. Relationships between Poleis 136 23. The Hellenistic Polis 141 III. CONCLUSION 144 24. The Polis Compared with Other City-State Cultures 146 Notes 156 References 200 Index of Sources 224 Index of Names 235 A 235 B 236 C 236 D 237 E 237 F 237 G 237 H 238 I 238 J 238 K 238 L 239 M 239 N 240 O 240 P 240 R 241 S 241 T 242 U 243 V 243 W 243 X 243 Y 243 Z 243 General Index 244 A 244 B 244 C 244 D 244 E 245 F 245 G 245 H 245 I 245 K 245 L 245 M 245 N 245 O 245 P 245 R 246 S 246 T 246 U 246 V 246 W 246 X 246 Z 246

From antiquity until the nineteenth century, there have been two types of state: macro-states, each dotted with a number of cities, and regions broken up into city-states, each consisting of an urban center and its hinterland. A region settled with interacting city-states constituted a city-state culture and Polis opens with a description of the concepts of city, state, city-state, and city-state culture, and a survey of the 37 city-state cultures so far identified.

Mogens Herman Hansen provides a thoroughly accessible introduction to the polis (plural: poleis), or ancient Greek city-state, which represents by far the largest of all city-state cultures. He addresses such topics as the emergence of the polis, its size and population, and its political organization, ranging from famous poleis such as Athens and Sparta through more than 1,000 known examples.

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