Athenian Democracy
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This paper explores the principles underlying decisions to inscribe Athenian laws and decrees on stone, finding (against a recent paper by Michael Osborne) that many laws and decrees were not inscribed, including those of ephemeral... more
The empire that the Athenians established in the years after 478 BC was an entirely new phenomenon in the history of Greece, and the basis of much of the brilliant development of Athenian culture in the fifth century. Its growth and... more
This article offers a new interpretation of Athenian tragedy, in which the poets competed for their audience's favour by constructing stories in which the protagonists suffer and die because they act within a world which lacks the... more
В статье рассматриваются различные мнения об афинской демократии и её лидерах, высказанные в ряде европейских исторических и историко-политических работ XIX – нач. XX вв.
The topic of this paper (delivered at a recent seminar in Chieti, 13 December 2018) is the vision of democratic politics implicit in Aristophanes' Wasps, with particular attention to Cleon. In particular, I argue that what Cleon... more
ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑΚΑ ΟΡΓΑΝΑ ΤΗΣ ΣΠΑΡΤΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΛΑΣΙΚΗ ΕΠΟΧΗ - ΟΜΟΙΟΤΗΤΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΦΟΡΕΣ ΜΕ ΕΚΕΙΝΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΘΗΝΑΣ
A Hellenistic inscription from Iasos prompts a reconsideration of the career of the Athenian politician Teisamenos the son of Mechanion. I first address some interpretive problems that have beset the study of this figure before turning to... more
¿Cómo pensar el sorteo con eficacia? Mi propuesta es construir una teoría general del sorteo, abordándolo de forma comparativa, para averiguar cuáles son las constantes teóricas entre la gran diversidad empírica de sus usos particulares.... more
Ancient Athens developed democracy to a higher level than any other state before modern times. It was the leading cultural innovator of the classical age. Classical Athens is rightly revered for these political and cultural achievements.... more
La proposition consiste à rechercher les catégories indiquées dans le cadre de conditions déterminées d’énonciation. Il s’agit de réfléchir autour de la notion d’agent en considérant deux figures singulières : le héros tragique et le... more
This is the first commentary in Italian on Lysias' speech 25. The Greek text reproduces that oxoniensis of Ch. Carey (2007), from which it departs in a few places. In the general introduction (pp. 9-48), some fundamental questions are... more
Athens political life analysis on citizenship.
Nel 1992 fa la sua comparsa sulla scena internazionale uno dei testi più influenti e discussi degli ultimi decenni, La fine della storia e l'ultimo uomo del politologo statunitense Francis Fukuyama. Tra le tesi principali spicca l'idea... more
Esposizione di approfondimento per studenti liceali e di laurea triennale. Atene è l"altro polo nella gamma di possibili forme della polis greca. Il cammino di Atene è per certi versi opposto a quello di Sparta: se a Sparta l"ordine... more
This paper [in Dutch] questions whether it is justified to earmark classical Athens as "The Age of Pericles". It offers a short overview of what the sources have to offer on the life and deeds of the statesman and shows how the ancients... more
Pericles has had the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what has often been taken as the golden age of the ancient Greek world. “Periclean” Athens witnessed tumultuous political and military... more
En el presente artículo (publicado el 17 de octubre de 2017 en la Revista Éufrates) se analizan las principales ideas reflejadas en el Discurso de Pericles, recogido por Tucídides en el Libro II de la Historia de la Guerra del Peloponeso.... more
Jornadas de Traducción y Mito: El Himno Homérico a Atenea (XXVIII)
Buenos Aires - 7 de diciembre de 2018
Instituto de Filología Clásica - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Buenos Aires - 7 de diciembre de 2018
Instituto de Filología Clásica - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
The chapter discusses the radicality of the ‘unlimited questioning’ often associated with the Classical Athenian democratic experience, first, through the critique of the historiographical assumption of the Athenian polis as a ‘multitude... more
La desigual distribución de la riqueza bajo las condiciones actuales del capitalismo es, como bien se sabe, el eje sobre el que Piketty ha centrado su atención; asimismo, forma parte de sus reflexiones el posible rol del estado, a través... more
Solon in his poetry -mostly elegies- blames the Athenian demos and its leaders for the political and economic crisis of his days as well as the aristocrats. In my paper I underline the specific responsibilities of the former found in... more
A survey article on the Oidipous at Kolonos for the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia to Greek Tragedy.