{"product_id":"birth-of-the-athenian-community","title":"Birth Of The Athenian Community","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Birth of the Athenian Community\u003c\/em\u003e elucidates the social and political development of Athens in the sixth century, when, as a result of reforms by Solon and Cleisthenes (at the beginning and end of the sixth century, respectively), Athens turned into the most advanced and famous city, or \u003ci\u003epolis\u003c\/i\u003e, of the entire ancient Greek civilization. Undermining the current dominant approach, which seeks to explain ancient Athens in modern terms, dividing all Athenians into citizens and non-citizens, this book rationalizes the development of Athens, and other Greek \u003ci\u003epoleis\u003c\/i\u003e, as a gradually rising complexity, rather than a linear progression. The multidimensional social fabric of Athens was comprised of three major groups: the kinship community of the \u003ci\u003eastoi\u003c\/i\u003e, whose privileged status was due to their origins; the legal community of the \u003ci\u003epolitai\u003c\/i\u003e, who enjoyed legal and social equality in the \u003ci\u003epolis\u003c\/i\u003e; and the political community of the \u003ci\u003edemotai\u003c\/i\u003e, or adult males with political rights. These communities only partially overlapped. Their evolving relationship determined the course of Athenian history, including Cleisthenes’ establishment of \u003ci\u003edemokratia\u003c\/i\u003e, which was originally, and for a long time, a kinship democracy, since it only belonged to qualified male \u003ci\u003eastoi\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57310827413886,"sku":"NW9781138083516","price":170.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781138083516.jpg?v=1778583524","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/birth-of-the-athenian-community","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}