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024 7 _a10.1515/9781400848539
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781400848539
035 _a(DE-B1597)453943
035 _a(OCoLC)979970334
040 _aDE-B1597
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050 4 _aKL4372
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072 7 _aHIS002010
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082 0 4 _a342.380854
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aTeegarden, David
_eautore
245 1 0 _aDeath to Tyrants! :
_bAncient Greek Democracy and the Struggle against Tyranny /
_cDavid Teegarden.
250 _aCourse Book
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2013]
264 4 _c©2014
300 _a1 online resource (280 p.) :
_b3 halftones. 2 line illus. 2 tables.
336 _atext
_btxt
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tIllustrations --
_tPreface --
_tAbbreviations --
_tIntroduction --
_tPart I. The Invention of Tyrant-Killing Legislation --
_tChapter 1. The Decree of Demophantos --
_tPart II. Tyrant-Killing Legislation in the Late Classical Period --
_tChapter 2. The Eretrian Tyrant-Killing Law --
_tChapter 3. The Law of Eukrates --
_tPart III. Tyrant-Killing Legislation in the Early Hellenistic Period --
_tChapter 4. The Anti-T yranny Dossier from Eresos --
_tChapter 5. The Philites Stele from Erythrai --
_tChapter 6. The Ilian Tyrant-Killing Law --
_tConclusion --
_tAppendix: The Number and Geographic Distribution of Different Regime Types from the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Periods --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aDeath to Tyrants! is the first comprehensive study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation--laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to "kill a tyrant." David Teegarden demonstrates that the ancient Greeks promulgated these laws to harness the dynamics of mass uprisings and preserve popular democratic rule in the face of anti-democratic threats. He presents detailed historical and sociopolitical analyses of each law and considers a variety of issues: What is the nature of an anti-democratic threat? How would various provisions of the laws help pro-democrats counter those threats? And did the laws work? Teegarden argues that tyrant-killing legislation facilitated pro-democracy mobilization both by encouraging brave individuals to strike the first blow against a nondemocratic regime and by convincing others that it was safe to follow the tyrant killer's lead. Such legislation thus deterred anti-democrats from staging a coup by ensuring that they would be overwhelmed by their numerically superior opponents. Drawing on modern social science models, Teegarden looks at how the institution of public law affects the behavior of individuals and groups, thereby exploring the foundation of democracy's persistence in the ancient Greek world. He also provides the first English translation of the tyrant-killing laws from Eretria and Ilion. By analyzing crucial ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation, Death to Tyrants! explains how certain laws enabled citizens to draw on collective strength in order to defend and preserve their democracy in the face of motivated opposition.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650 0 _aTyrannicide (Greek law).
650 7 _aHISTORY / Ancient / Greece.
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653 _aAlexander.
653 _aAreopagos council.
653 _aAsia Minor.
653 _aAthenian liberation.
653 _aAthenians.
653 _aAthens.
653 _aEresos.
653 _aEretria.
653 _aErukrates.
653 _aErythrai.
653 _aFour Hundred.
653 _aIlian.
653 _aIlion.
653 _aPhilites.
653 _aThirty Tyrants.
653 _aancient Greece.
653 _aancient Greek law.
653 _aancient Greeks.
653 _aanti-democracy.
653 _aanti-tyranny.
653 _aconquest.
653 _adecree of Demophantos.
653 _ademocracy.
653 _ademocratic rule.
653 _ademocrats.
653 _adossier.
653 _amass uprising.
653 _aoath of Demophantos.
653 _apolis.
653 _apublic law.
653 _apunitive action.
653 _atyranny.
653 _atyrant-killing law.
653 _atyrant-killing legislation.
653 _atyrants.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
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