FROM THE "NATIONAL" TO THE POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN ATHENS OF THE 6TH CENTURY BCE, AND THE EMERGENCE OF DEMOCRACY

This paper addresses the construction of a "national" identity of the Athenian inhabitants during the tyrannical governance of Peisistratos and his sons (561/0-511/0 BCE) mainly through a series of religious practices, such as the transfer of cults from the rural areas to the city (<em&...

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Main Author: Eleni Krikona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mega Publishing House 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology
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Online Access:http://jaha.org.ro/index.php/JAHA/article/view/150