Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic

Dean Hammer is the John W. Wetzel Professor of Classics and Professor of Government at Franklin and Marshall College (USA).  He is the author of, amongst others, The Iliad as Politics: The Performance of Political Thought (2002), Roman Political Thought and the Modern Theoretical Imagination (2008), and Roman Political Thought: From Cicero to Augustine (2015).

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• Notes on Contributors ixAbbreviations xiiiIntroduction 1Dean Hammer1 Reading the Past (On Comparison) 8David KonstanPart I The Emergence of Participatory Communities 212 Why Greek Democracy? Its Emergence and Nature in Context 23Kurt A. Raaflaub3 Why Roman Republicanism? Its Emergence and Nature in Context 44Michael P. FrondaPart II Constructing a Past 654 Autochthony and Identity in Greek Myth 67Kathryn A. Morgan5 Agriculture and Identity in Roman Myth 83Mary JaegerPart III Dēmokratia and Res Publica 996 Liberty, Equality, and Authority: A Political Discourse in Greek Participatory Communities 101Vincent Farenga7 Liberty, Equality, and Authority: A Political Discourse in the Later Roman Republic 113Malcolm SchofieldPart IV Institutions 1298 The Congruence of Power: Ruling and Being Ruled in Greek Participatory Communities 131P.J. Rhodes9 The Incongruence of Power: The Roman Constitution in Theory and Practice 146Henrik MouritsenPart V Law 16510 Tyranny or the Rule of Law? Democratic Participation in Legal Institutions in Athens 167David Cohen11 The Evolution of Law and Legal Procedures in the Roman Participatory Context 179Callie WilliamsonPart VI Social Values 19312 Informal Norms, Values, and Social Control in Greek Participatory Communities 195Nick Fisher13 Informal Norms, Values, and Social Control in the Roman Participatory Context 217Valentina ArenaPart VII Power Relations and Political Groups 23914 The Practice of Politics in Classical Athens, and the Paradox of Democratic Leadership 241Robert W. Wallace15 The Practice of Politics and the Unpredictable Dynamics of Clout in the Roman Republic 257W. Jeffrey TatumPart VIII Rhetoric 27516 Persuading the People in Greek Participatory Communities 277Joseph Roisman17 Persuading the People in the Roman Participatory Context 294Robert Morstein-MarxPart IX Global Contexts 31118 Interstate Relations, Colonization, and Empire among Greek Participatory Communities 313Sarah Bolmarcich19 Interstate Relations, Federal States, Colonization, and Empire during the Roman Republic 329Craige B. ChampionPart X Economic Life 34720 Production, Trade, and Consumption in Greek Democracy 349David W. Tandy21 Production, Trade, and Consumption in the Roman Republic 368Luuk de LigtPart XI Discourses of Inclusion and Exclusion 38722 Women and Slaves in Greek Democracy 389Ryan K. Balot and Larissa M. Atkison23 Women and Slaves in the Roman Republic 405Roberta StewartPart XII Entertainment 42924 Tragedy and Comedy in Greek Participatory Communities 431Keith Sidwell25 Tragedy and Comedy in the Roman Participatory Context 446Shawn O’BryhimPart XIII Visual Culture 45926 Art, Architecture, and Spaces in Greek Participatory Communities 461Tonio Hölscher27 Art, Architecture, and Space in the Roman Participatory Context 482Ellen PerryPart XIV Conclusion 50128 Thinking Comparatively about Participatory Communities 503Dean HammerIndex 521