A Citizen as a Slave of the State? Oligarchic Perceptions of Democracy in Xenophon

Xenophon portrays the wealthy as evoking slavery as a metaphor for their subjection to liturgies in democratic Athens, and this implies an ideological commentary on the definition of freedom as living as one wishes.

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Main Author:	Melina Tamiolaki
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Duke University 2013-02-01
Series:	Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Online Access:	http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/14703

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A Citizen as a Slave of the State? Oligarchic Perceptions of Democracy in Xenophon

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