Alternatives to Athens: Varieties of Political Organization and Community in Ancient Greece in Bloomington, MN

This volume contains eighteen essays by established and younger historians that examine non-democratic alternative political systems and ideologies—oligarchies, monarchies, mixed constitutions—along with diverse forms of communal and regional associations such as
ethnoi
,
amphiktyonies
, and confederacies. The papers, which span the length and breadth of the Hellenic world highlight the immense political flexibility and diversity of ancient Greek civilization.