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A. FUKS, Social Conflict in Ancient Greece. Jerusalem/ Leiden, The Magnes Press/E. J. Brill, 1984. 363 pp. Pr. $ 28,-

A. FUKS, Social Conflict in Ancient Greece. Jerusalem/ Leiden, The Magnes Press/E. J. Brill,... 226 book creates for the first time a clear picture of the overall working of the Greek city-state as a social as well as a political unit" seems grossly exaggerated. But undisputably O. has given us a good starting-point and a stimulating incentive to further research. Moreover, in this book the reader will find many interesting obser- vations and points of view, for instance: that the acquisition of additional landed property was sought especially, although not exclusively, in the deme the landholder belonged to or at least in its immediate vicinity (p. 61; cp. p. 69); that the demarchs were prominent men in the restricted circle of their fellow-demesmen, but as a rule no men of consequence in the political life of the Athe- nian state as a whole (p. 87); that in the Athenian countryside small landholders, in stead of taking recourse to the use of slaves or seasonal labour, often could rely upon the help of their neighbours (p. 144 ff.; 186). The usefulness of this valuable study is enhanced by two appen- dices (lists of isolated farms and of remains of nucleated settlements in Attica), ten tables with statistical data, a bibliography, an index of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

A. FUKS, Social Conflict in Ancient Greece. Jerusalem/ Leiden, The Magnes Press/E. J. Brill, 1984. 363 pp. Pr. $ 28,-

Mnemosyne , Volume 41 (1-2): 226 – Jan 1, 1988

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Brill
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© 1988 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0026-7074
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1568-525X
DOI
10.1163/156852588X00499
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Abstract

226 book creates for the first time a clear picture of the overall working of the Greek city-state as a social as well as a political unit" seems grossly exaggerated. But undisputably O. has given us a good starting-point and a stimulating incentive to further research. Moreover, in this book the reader will find many interesting obser- vations and points of view, for instance: that the acquisition of additional landed property was sought especially, although not exclusively, in the deme the landholder belonged to or at least in its immediate vicinity (p. 61; cp. p. 69); that the demarchs were prominent men in the restricted circle of their fellow-demesmen, but as a rule no men of consequence in the political life of the Athe- nian state as a whole (p. 87); that in the Athenian countryside small landholders, in stead of taking recourse to the use of slaves or seasonal labour, often could rely upon the help of their neighbours (p. 144 ff.; 186). The usefulness of this valuable study is enhanced by two appen- dices (lists of isolated farms and of remains of nucleated settlements in Attica), ten tables with statistical data, a bibliography, an index of

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Published: Jan 1, 1988

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