The Demes of Attica, 508/7 -ca. 250 B.C. : A Political and Social Study

This work is a richly detailed study of the nature and development of the 139 Attic demes, the local units that made up the city-state of Athens during the classical and early Hellenistic periods. Originally published in 1986. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. This work is a richly detailed study of the nature and development of the 139 Attic demes, the local units that made up the city-state of Athens during the classical and early Hellenistic periods. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CONVENTIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS PREFACE INTRODUCTION I. Prolegomena 1. BEFORE AND AFTER KLEISTHENES 2. SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY II. Inside the Deme 3. THE DEME AND ITS RESIDENTS 4. THE DEME ASSEMBLY 5. THE DEMARCH AND OTHER OFFICIALS 6. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 7. RELIGION 8. DEME SOCIETY III. Deme and Polis 9. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 10. LOCAL POLITICS AND CITY POLITICS 11. THE DEME IN COMEDY IV. Conspectus: The Demes and History PROSOPOGRΑΡΗY SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED INDEX OF DEMES GENERAL INDEX