Discourse of Kingship in Classical Greece
This book examines how ancient authors explored ideas of kingship as a political role fundamental to the construction of civic unity, the use of kingship stories to explain the past and present unity of the polis and the distinctive function or status attributed to kings in such accounts.
It explores the notion of kingship offered by historians such as Herodotus, as well as dramatists writing for t...
This book examines how ancient authors explored ideas of kingship as a political role fundamental to the construction of civic unity, the use of kingship stories to explain the past and present unity of the polis and the distinctive function or status attributed to kings in such accounts.
It explores the notion of kingship offered by historians such as Herodotus, as well as dramatists writing for t...
