Table of Contents

Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE: THE HISTORICAL SETTING 1: Civil War 2: Restoration of the Democracy 3: Recrimination PART TWO: CIVIC MEMORY 4: Remembering Amnesty 5: Loyalty to the Demos 6: Constructing a Future Conclusion Abbreviations Bibliography Index

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Wolpert applies new approaches to law and ideology to the period and, in so doing, makes a real contribution: this will be a book that anyone interested in the development of Athenian democracy will want to read. -- Josiah Ober, Princeton University

About the Author

Andrew Wolpert is an assistant professor of classics and history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Reviews

Adds thoughtful insight to the development of Athenian democracy after the civil war. -- J. Drew Harrington History This short study of the rule of the Thirty Tyrants in Athens and the subsequent restoration of the Athenian democracy in 403 B.C. approaches these cataclysmic events from an interesting vantage point. -- Catherine M. Keesling Ordia Prima