Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis

This is the first ever documented study of the 1,035 identifiable Greek city states (poleis) of the Archaic and Classical periods (c.650-325 BC). Previous studies of the Greek polis have focused on Athens and Sparta, and the result has been a view of Greek society dominated by Sophokles'', Plato''s, and Demosthenes'' view of what the polis was. This study includes descriptions of Athens and Sparta...