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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      24 March 2017
      10 March 2017
      ISBN:
      9781139017916
      9780521191456
      9781108702430
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139017916
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.61kg, 345 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.5kg, 350 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, History of Ideas, Politics and International Relations
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    What did citizenship really mean in classical Athens? It is conventionally understood as characterised by holding political office. Since only men could do so, only they were considered to be citizens, and the community (polis) has appeared primarily as the scene of men's political actions. However, Athenian law defined citizens not by political office, but by descent. Religion was central to the polis and in this domain, women played prominent public roles. Both men and women were called 'citizens'. On a new reading of the evidence, Josine Blok argues that for the Athenians, their polis was founded on an enduring bond with the gods. Laws anchored the polis' commitments to humans and gods in this bond, transmitted over time to male and female Athenians as equal heirs. All public offices, in various ways and as befitting gender and age, served both the human community and the divine powers protecting Athens.

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