The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council (Hesperia (Princeton, N.J.). Supplement, 14.)

Using inscriptions recording council membership recovered by excavations in the Athenian Agora, the author presents a detailed reconstruction of the political geography of Attica. The reforms of the 6th-century B.C. politician Cleisthenes organized Athenian citizens into ten tribes (phylai), divided into thirty "thirds" (trittyes) and 139 local units (demes). The author shows how this visionary arrangement was maintained almost unchanged until at least 200 B.C. and provided the basis for the whole representative system at the center of ancient democracy. Charts and tables document the evidence in great detail, but the whole arrangement is made easier to understand by the inclusion of a color map, the basis for almost all scholarship on Athenian politics since this book was first published. Article Contents -1 p. [i] 1 p. [ii] 2 p. [iii] 3 p. [v] 4 p. vi 5 p. [vii] 6 p. viii 7 p. [ix] 8 p. [x] 9 p. xi 10 p. [xiii] 11 p. xiv 12 p. xv 13 p. xvi 14 p. [xvii] 15 p. xviii 16 p. [1] 17 p. 2 18 p. 3 19 p. 4 20 p. 5 21 p. 6 22 p. 7 23 p. 8 24 p. 9 25 p. 10 26 p. 11 27 p. 12 28 p. 13 29 p. 14 30 p. 15 31 p. 16 32 p. 17 33 p. 18 34 p. 19 35 p. 20 36 p. 21 37 p. 22 38 p. 23 39 p. 24 40 p. [25] 41 p. 26 42 p. 27 43 p. 28 44 p. 29 45 p. 30 46 p. 31 47 p. 32 48 p. 33 49 p. 34 50 p. [35] 51 p. 36 52 p. 37 53 p. 38 54 p. 39 55 p. 40 56 p. 41 57 p. 42 58 p. 43 59 p. 44 60 p. 45 61 p. 46 62 p. 47 63 p. 48 64 p. 49 65 p. 50 66 p. 51 67 p. 52 68 p. 53 69 p. 54 70 p. 55 71 p. [56] 72 p. 57 73 p. 58 74 p. 59 75 p. 60 76 p. 61 77 p. 62 78 p. 63 79 p. 64 80 p. 65 81 p. 66 82 p. 67 83 p. 68 84 p. 69 85 p. 70 86 p. 71 87 p. 72 88 p. [73] 89 p. 74 90 p. 75 91 p. 76 92 p. 77 93 p. 78 94 p. 79 95 p. 80 96 p. 81 97 p. 82 98 p. 83 99 p. 84 100 p. 85 101 p. 86 102 p. 87 103 p. 88 104 p. 89 105 p. 90 106 p. 91 107 p. 92 108 p. 93 109 p. 94 110 p. 95 111 p. 96 112 p. 97 113 p. 98 114 p. 99 115 p. 100 116 p. 101 117 p. 102 118 p. 103 119 p. [104] 120 p. 105 121 p. 106 122 p. 107 123 p. 108 124 p. 109 125 p. 110 126 p. 111 127 p. 112 128 p. 113 129 p. 114 130 p. 115 131 p. 116 132 p. 117 133 p. 118 134 p. 119 135 p. 120 136 p. 121 137 p. 122 138 p. [123] 139 p. 124 140 p. 125 141 p. 126 142 p. 127 143 p. 128 144 p. [129] 145 p. 130 146 p. 131 147 p. 132 148 p. 133 149 p. 134 150 p. [135] 151 p. [139] 152 p. [140] 153 p. [141] 154 p. [142] 155 p. [143] 156 p. [144] 157 p. [145] 158 p. [146] 159 p. [147] 160 p. [148] 161 p. [149] 162 p. [150] 163 p. [151] 164 p. [152] 165 p. [153] 166 p. [154] 167 p. [155] 168 p. [156] 169 p. [157] 170 p. [158] 171 p. [159] 172 p. [160] 173 p. [161] 174 p. [162] 175 p. [163] 176 p. [164] 177 p. [165] 178 p. [166] 179 p. [167] 180 p. [168] 181 p. [169] 182 Issue Table of Contents -1 Hesperia Supplements, Vol. 14, The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council (1975), pp. i-xviii+1-170 -1 Front Matter -1 The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council [pp. i - 169] -1 Back Matter -1 1353929.pdf -1 Article Contents -1 p. nil 183 Issue Table of Contents -1 Hesperia Supplements, Vol. 14, The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council (1975), pp. i-xviii+1-170 -1 Front Matter -1 The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council [pp. i - 169] -1 Back Matter -1