The citizens of ancient Athens were directly responsible for the
development and power of its democracy; but how did they learn
about politics and what their roles were within it? In this volume
Livingstone argues that learning about political praxis (how to be
a citizen) was an integral part of the everyday life of ancient
Athenians. In the streets, shops and other meeting-places of the
city people from all levels of society, from slaves to the very
wealthy, exchanged knowledge and competed for power and status. The
City as University explores the spaces and occasions where
Athenians practised the arts of citizenship for which they and
their city became famous. In the agora and on the pnyx, Athenian
democracy was about performance and oratory; but the written word
opened the way to ever-increasing sophistication in both the
practice and theory of politics. As the arts of spin proliferated,
spontaneous live debate in which the speaker's authority came from
being one of the many remained a core democratic value. Livingstone
explores how ideas of democratic leadership evolved from the poetry
of the legendary law-giver Solon to the writings of the sophist
Alcidamas of Elaia. The volume offers a new approach to the study
of ancient education and will be an invaluable tool to students of
ancient politics and culture, and to all those studying the history
of democracy.
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