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The bad citizen in classical Athens /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The bad citizen in classical Athens // Matthew R. Christ.
Author:	Christ, Matthew Robert,
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Citizenship - History. - Greece -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511618277
ISBN:	9780511618277 (ebook)

The bad citizen in classical Athens /
Christ, Matthew Robert,

The bad citizen in classical Athens /Matthew R. Christ. - 1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

This book provides a fresh perspective on Athenian democracy by exploring bad citizenship, both as a reality and an idea, in classical Athens, from the late sixth century down to 322. If called upon, Athenian citizens were expected to support their city through military service and financial outlay. These obligations were fundamental to Athenian understandings of citizenship and it was essential to the city's well-being that citizens fulfill them. The ancient sources, however, are full of allegations that individuals have avoided these duties or performed them deficiently. Claims of draft evasion, cowardice on the battlefield, and avoidance of liturgies and the war tax are common. By examining the nature and scope of bad citizenship in Athens and the city's responses - institutional and ideological - to the phenomenon, this study aims to illuminate the relationship between citizen and city under the Athenian democracy, and more broadly, the tension between private interests and public authority in human societies.

ISBN: 9780511618277 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

591727
Citizenship
--History.--Greece

LC Class. No.: JC75.C5 / C45 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 323.60938/5

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