Tyrants are more than just the antithesis of democracy or the mark of political failure: they arise in response to social and political pressures. Gathering together writings by leading historians, political theorists, and philosophers, this book is a comparative study of the autocratic rulers and dynasties of classical Greece and Rome and the changing concepts of tyranny in their political thought and culture
Literary and dramatic representations of tyranny abound since antiquity alongside critical distincti...
Long after tyrants no longer presented a real and present danger for Athens, tyranny and tyrannicide...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Brill via the DOI in thi...
Tyranny (tyrannis) is a name given to a type of Greek monarchy that came into being in the seventh c...
This thesis will examine the tyrants that ruled Gela and Syracuse during the early fifth century BC....
Understanding tyranny is essential to political life. Yet, recent attempts to analyze the phenomenon...
Cette thèse d'histoire culturelle propose de réfléchir à la genèse et aux évolutions des représentat...
This thesis will examine the tyrants that ruled Gela and Syracuse during the early fifth century BC....
166 pagesAs form of rule, tyranny is broadly understood to consist of institutional deficits that le...
In Chapter One, 'The Economic Basis of Tyranny,' the view is questioned that early tyrannies, especi...
2013-10-18This dissertation analyzes the symbiotic relationship between the tyrants of fourth-centur...
A copy of this book review as it appears in the Journal of Hellenic Studies is attached with the per...
The standard view of Greek tyranny is that it was a unique phenomenon in the ancient Greek world, re...
The forces of freedom are challenged everywhere by a newly energized spirit of tyranny, whether it i...
Tyranny is a word imported into Greek vocabulary in the 7th century BCE to identify a new kind of ru...
Literary and dramatic representations of tyranny abound since antiquity alongside critical distincti...
Long after tyrants no longer presented a real and present danger for Athens, tyranny and tyrannicide...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Brill via the DOI in thi...
Tyranny (tyrannis) is a name given to a type of Greek monarchy that came into being in the seventh c...
This thesis will examine the tyrants that ruled Gela and Syracuse during the early fifth century BC....
Understanding tyranny is essential to political life. Yet, recent attempts to analyze the phenomenon...
Cette thèse d'histoire culturelle propose de réfléchir à la genèse et aux évolutions des représentat...
This thesis will examine the tyrants that ruled Gela and Syracuse during the early fifth century BC....
166 pagesAs form of rule, tyranny is broadly understood to consist of institutional deficits that le...
In Chapter One, 'The Economic Basis of Tyranny,' the view is questioned that early tyrannies, especi...
2013-10-18This dissertation analyzes the symbiotic relationship between the tyrants of fourth-centur...
A copy of this book review as it appears in the Journal of Hellenic Studies is attached with the per...
The standard view of Greek tyranny is that it was a unique phenomenon in the ancient Greek world, re...
The forces of freedom are challenged everywhere by a newly energized spirit of tyranny, whether it i...
Tyranny is a word imported into Greek vocabulary in the 7th century BCE to identify a new kind of ru...
Literary and dramatic representations of tyranny abound since antiquity alongside critical distincti...
Long after tyrants no longer presented a real and present danger for Athens, tyranny and tyrannicide...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Brill via the DOI in thi...