The Resource Death to tyrants! : ancient Greek democracy and the struggle against tyranny, David A. Teegarden
Death to tyrants! : ancient Greek democracy and the struggle against tyranny, David A. Teegarden
- Summary
- Death to Tyrants! is the first comprehensive study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation--laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to ""kill a tyrant."" David Teegarden demonstrates that the ancient Greeks promulgated these laws to harness the dynamics of mass uprisings and preserve popular democratic rule in the face of anti-democratic threats. He presents detailed historical and sociopolitical analyses of each law and considers a variety of issues: What is the nature of an anti-democratic threat? How would various provisions of the laws help pro-democrats counter tho
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- The decree of Demophantos
- The Eretrian tyrant-killing law
- The law of Eukrates
- The anti-tyranny dossier from Eresos
- The Philites stele from Erythrai
- The Ilian tyrant-killing law
- Isbn
- 9781400848539
- Label
- Death to tyrants! : ancient Greek democracy and the struggle against tyranny
- Title
- Death to tyrants!
- Title remainder
- ancient Greek democracy and the struggle against tyranny
- Statement of responsibility
- David A. Teegarden
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Death to Tyrants! is the first comprehensive study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation--laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to ""kill a tyrant."" David Teegarden demonstrates that the ancient Greeks promulgated these laws to harness the dynamics of mass uprisings and preserve popular democratic rule in the face of anti-democratic threats. He presents detailed historical and sociopolitical analyses of each law and considers a variety of issues: What is the nature of an anti-democratic threat? How would various provisions of the laws help pro-democrats counter tho
- Cataloging source
- LGG
- Dewey number
- 342.3808/54
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KL4372
- LC item number
- .T44 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Label
- Death to tyrants! : ancient Greek democracy and the struggle against tyranny, David A. Teegarden
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- http://library.link/vocab/branchCode
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- net
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The decree of Demophantos -- The Eretrian tyrant-killing law -- The law of Eukrates -- The anti-tyranny dossier from Eresos -- The Philites stele from Erythrai -- The Ilian tyrant-killing law
- Control code
- ocn864747378
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400848539
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4bzqjt
- http://library.link/vocab/recordID
- .b29655493
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)864747378
- pebcs1400848539
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