Civic Rites: Democracy and Religion in Ancient Athens

by Nancy Evans (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $112.89

  Explores the religious origins of Western democracy by examining the government of 5th-century BCE Athens in the context of ancient Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. Combining history, politics, and religion to connect stories of democracy's first leaders and critics, this book gives readers a contemporary's perspective on Athenian society.