Popular Tyranny: Sovereignty and Its Discontents in Ancient Greece

353 Pages·2003·17.75 MB·English

by  Kathryn A. Morgan

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K AT H R Y N A . M O R G A N
1 ImaginaryKings:AlternativestoMonarchyinEarlyGreece
S A R A H M O R R I S
25 FormandContent:TheQuestionof TyrannyinHerodotus
C A R O LY N D E WA L D
59 StickandGlue:TheFunctionof TyrannyinFifth-Century
AthenianDemocracy
K U R T A . R A A F L A U B
95 TragicTyranny
R I C H A R D S E A F O R D
117 DēmosTyrannos:Wealth,Power,andEconomicPatronage
L I S A K A L L E T
155 Demos,Demagogue,TyrantinAtticOldComedy
J E F F R E Y H E N D E R S O N
181 TheTyrannyoftheAudienceinPlatoandIsocrates
K AT H R Y N A . M O R G A N

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30 LosAngeles()inthespringof.Firstthanks,then,mustgotothe
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Theinitialaudienceofthesepapersalsodeservesmentionforthedepthand
engagementofthecommentsthatweremadeatthetime.Wewereextremely
fortunatetoenjoyexpertcommentaryfromVincentFarenga,SanderGold-
berg,IanMorris,andGregThalmann.Althoughtheirspecificcontributions
arerecognizedinthebodyofthisvolume,itisworthemphasizingheretheir
overallimportanceasrespondentsandinterlocutors.JamesMcGlewmade
helpfulcommentsontheentiremanuscript,andallcontributorsowehim
theirgratitude.
MuchoftheeditingworkonthisbookwasdonewhileIenjoyedapro-
ductivesabbaticalyearinOxford.Myworktherewasfinanciallysupported
byaGeorgeA.andElizaGardnerHowardFoundationFellowshipandbya
UniversityofCaliforniaPresident’sResearchFellowshipintheHumanities.
ThePrincipalandFellowsofJesusCollege,Oxford,mademewelcomeas
VisitingSeniorResearchFellowandsuppliedamostcongenialatmosphere
forthecontemplationofthebroadthemesthattiethisvolumetogether.
FinalthanksmustgotoJimBurr,ClassicsEditor,andLynneChapman,
ManuscriptEditor,attheUniversityof TexasPress,fortheirskillandpatience
inoverseeingthisproject.NancyMoore,ourcopyeditor,substantiallyim-
provedtheclarityandconsistencyofthevolume;allthecontributorsoweher
theirgratitude.Iwouldalsoliketoacknowledgethehelpof KarenGunter-
man,BrianBeck,andLowrySweneyatinpreparingandcheckingthe
manuscriptandfortheirworkontheindices.
KathrynMorgan
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Theessayscollectedtogetherhereoriginatedasaseriesoftalkspresentedat
theconference‘‘PopularTyranny:SovereigntyandItsDiscontentsinClassical
Athens.’’Thisvolume,therefore,possessesboththestrengthsandtheweak-
nessesofcollectedconferencepapers.Thestrengthisthevigorousdebate
occasionedbybringingtogetheragroupof historians,archaeologists,and
literarycriticstodiscussatopicthatexertsalivelyfascinationforaudiences
bothancientandmodern.Apotentialweaknessisunevennessofcoverage.
Thisvolumedoesnot,forexample,containadetailedtreatmentofthetheme
oftyrannyinAtticoratoryorprovideevencoverageoftheThucydideanma-
terial.Nevertheless,Imadethedecisionnottotrytoextendthecoverageof
thevolumebyinvitingextracontributions(withtheexceptionofthecon-
cludingessaybyRobinOsborne).Thereasonsforthisdecisionweretwofold.
First,Iamdoubtfulwhethercompletecoverageispossibleinasinglevolume,
evengiventhefocusofthemajorityofessaysontheworldofAthens.Sec-
ond,Iwasanxioustoretainthelivelyinteractionoftheoriginalparticipants
withoutdilution.Thereaderislefttojudgethesuccessofthisdecision.
Thecollection,forthemostpart,focusesontheconceptualforceof
tyrannyratherthanonhistoricalinstancesof it.Althoughmuchinteresting
workonArchaicandClassicaltyrantscontinuestobedone,theambition
oftheconferencewastoexaminetyrannyasafoundationalideologi-
calforce.WhilenoteveryessayfocusesonAthens(indeed,oneofourmost
importantconclusionsisthatanoverlyAthenocentricapproachimpover-
ishes),allencompassthemesthatarecrucialinourevaluationofClassical
Athenian—andGreek—culture.Thenatureofauthorityandruleisapersis-
tentworryintheconstructionofancientideology.Thefigureofthekingor
tyrantandthesovereigntyassociatedwithhimprovideapowerfulsourcefor
politicalspeculationandhistoricalanalysis.Iftyrantshadnotexisted,weand

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