Early Greek Political Thought from Homer to the Sophists

This edition of early Greek writings on social and political issues includes works by more than thirty authors. There is a particular emphasis on the sophists, with the inclusion of all of their significant surviving texts, and the works of Alcidamas, Antisthenes and the ''Old Oligarch'' are also represented. In addition there are excerpts from early poets such as Homer, Hesiod and Solon, the thre...