Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought (eBook)

Ryan K. Balot is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. The author of Greed and Injustice in Classical Athens (Princeton, 2001) and Greek Political Thought (Blackwell, 2006), he specializes in the history of political thought.

Notes on Contributors x

Acknowledgments xvi

Note on Translations xvii

List of Abbreviations xviii

Part I The Broad View 1

1 Introduction: Rethinking the History of Greek and Roman Political Thought 3

Ryan K. Balot

2 What is Politics in the Ancient World? 20

Dean Hammer

3 Early Greek Political Thought in Its Mediterranean Context 37

Kurt A. Raaflaub

4 Civic Ideology and Citizenship 57

P. J. Rhodes

5 Public Action and Rational Choice in Classical Greek Political Theory 70

Josiah Ober

6 Imperial Ideologies, Citizenship Myths, and Legal Disputes in Classical Athens and Republican Rome85

Craige B. Champion

7 Gendered Politics, or the Self-Praise of Andres Agathoi 100

Giulia Sissa

8 The Religious Contexts of Ancient Political Thought 118

Robin Osborne

Part II Democracies and Republics 131

9 Democracy Ancient and Modern 133

Peter Liddel

10 ''Rights,'' Individuals, and Communities in Ancient Greece 149

Paul Cartledge and Matt Edge

11 Personal Freedom in Greek Democracies, Republican Rome, and Modern Liberal States 164

Robert W. Wallace

12 The Mixed Constitution in Greek Thought 178

David E. Hahm

13 Republican Virtues 199

Malcolm Schofield

14 Roman Democracy? 214

W. Jeffrey Tatum

Part III The Virtues and Vices of One-Man Rule 229

15 The Uses and Abuses of Tyranny 231

Sara Forsdyke

16 Hellenistic Monarchy in Theory and Practice 247

Arthur M. Eckstein

17 The Ethics of Autocracy in the Roman World 266

Carlos F. Noreña

Part IV The Passions of Ancient Politics 281

18 Political Animals: Pathetic Animals 283

Giulia Sissa

19 Anger, Eros, and Other Political Passions in Ancient Greek Thought 294

Paul W. Ludwig

20 Some Passionate Performances in Late Republican Rome 308

Robert A. Kaster

Part V The Athens of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle 321

21 The Trial and Death of Socrates 323

Debra Nails

22 The Politics of Plato's Socrates 339

Rachana Kamtekar

23 Freedom, Tyranny, and the Political Man: Plato's Republic and Gorgias, a Study in Contrasts 353

Arlene W. Saxonhouse

24 Plato on the Sovereignty of Law 367

Zena Hitz

25 ''Naturalism'' in Aristotle's Political Philosophy 382

Timothy Chappell

26 The Ethics of Aristotle's Politics 399

David J. Depew

Part VI Constructing Political Narrative 419

27 Imitating Virtue and Avoiding Vice: Ethical Functions of Biography, History, and Philosophy 421

Charles W. Hedrick, Jr

28 Greek Drama and Political Thought 440

John Gibert

29 Character in Politics 456

Philip A. Stadter

Part VII Antipolitics 471

30 Cosmopolitan Traditions 473

David Konstan

31 False Idles: The Politics of the ''Quiet Life'' 485

Eric Brown

32 Citizenship and Signs: Rethinking Augustine on the Two Cities 501

Todd Breyfogle

Part VIII Receptions 527

33 Republicanism: Ancient, Medieval, and Beyond 529

Christopher Nadon

34 Twentieth Century Revivals of Ancient Political Thought: Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss 542

Catherine H. Zuckert

References 557

Index of Subjects 620

Index Locorum 650

"This is an extremely valuable volume, a must for every library; perhaps the paperback will be priced within the reach of at least some individuals." (The Heythrop Journal, 14 April 2015)
"Of note is the indispensable list of primary sources and a prodigious bibliography of secondary texts. These alone probably justify the purchase price." (CHOICE, 2009)