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Athens has, at different times and from different points of view,
been cited as a model of moderate democracy and triumphant
humanism, or, on the contrary, as an illustration of the disorders
due to demagoguery and misguided imperialism. Professor Mosse looks
beyond these judgments to discuss the exceptional destiny of Athens
- a city which for two centuries dominated the Eastern
Mediterranean world, but then faded from the political scene when
Rome extended its control over the whole Mediterranean. The history
of Athenian democracy does not end in 404 BC, as is sometimes
thought, when the city capitulated to Sparta at the end of its
Golden Age. Athens in Decline, first published in 1973,
demonstrates how the city experienced another seventy-five years of
greatness, and survived, more or less curtailed, under Macedonian
domination. She examines the reasons for the final collapse and
follows the stages of a decline which was not wholly without
grandeur.
Athens has, at different times and from different points of view,
been cited as a model of moderate democracy and triumphant
humanism, or, on the contrary, as an illustration of the disorders
due to demagoguery and misguided imperialism. Professor Mosse looks
beyond these judgments to discuss the exceptional destiny of Athens
- a city which for two centuries dominated the Eastern
Mediterranean world, but then faded from the political scene when
Rome extended its control over the whole Mediterranean. The history
of Athenian democracy does not end in 404 BC, as is sometimes
thought, when the city capitulated to Sparta at the end of its
Golden Age. Athens in Decline, first published in 1973,
demonstrates how the city experienced another seventy-five years of
greatness, and survived, more or less curtailed, under Macedonian
domination. She examines the reasons for the final collapse and
follows the stages of a decline which was not wholly without
grandeur.
Between becoming king of Macedonia in 336 BC and his death in 323,
Alexander the Great conquered not only the Greek city states but
also Persia and as far east as the Punjab in India, as far south as
Egypt. Claude Mosse describes the progress of Alexander's career in
the first part of her book, while the second examines the effects
of his conquests on the history of the ancient, medieval and modern
world. Central to the book is the myth of Alexander and how the
image of Alexander was created and evolved over the centuries. From
the illustrious son of Zeus down to the absolute monarch idealised
by Louis XIV, from the valiant knight of the crusaders to the
Moslem philosopher-king, the author reveals the gamut of contrasts
that make up the legend of this extraordinary hero of history and
myth.
Between becoming king of Macedonia in 336 BC and his death in 323,
Alexander the Great conquered not only the Greek city states but
also Persia and as far east as the Punjab in India, as far south as
Egypt. Claude Mosse describes the progress of Alexander's career in
the first part of her book, while the second examines the effects
of his conquests on the history of the ancient, medieval and modern
world. Central to the book is the myth of Alexander and how the
image of Alexander was created and evolved over the centuries. From
the illustrious son of Zeus down to the absolute monarch idealised
by Louis XIV, from the valiant knight of the crusaders to the
Moslem philosopher-king, the author reveals the gamut of contrasts
that make up the legend of this extraordinary hero of history and
myth.
Ce texte est fondamental pour comprendre ce qu'a ete cette
prodigieuse invention: la democratie athenienne. Une premiere
partie historique retrace l'evolution d'Athenes, depuis les
origines jusqu'au debut du IVe siecle, et montre comment le demos,
le petit peuple, est parvenu a decider souverainement des affaires
communes, tandis que la seconde partie decrit les institutions de
la cite, les conditions d'acces a la citoyennete et l'organisation
des tribunaux populaires.
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