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Death to Tyrants!: Ancient Greek Democracy and the Struggle against Tyranny David E Teegarden
Death to Tyrants!: Ancient Greek Democracy and the Struggle against Tyranny
David E Teegarden
Offers a study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation - laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to "kill a tyrant." This title demonstrates that the ancient Greeks promulgated these laws to harness the dynamics of mass uprisings and preserve popular democratic rule in the face of anti-democratic threats.
280 pages, 3 halftones. 2 line illus. 2 tables.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 24, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691156903 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 278 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 240 × 25 mm · 588 g |
| Language | English |