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Athens has long been famed as the birthplace of democracy. But who had the power in Ancient Athens And was the democracy an unqualified success Tracing the development if democracy from its origins, and making use of ancient sources, Barrow examines these and other questions about this political story.

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This history of Athenian democracy covers the period 403-322 BC, and focuses in particular on the crucial last thirty years which coincided with the political career of Demosthenes and ended with his suicide in 322.

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An unrivalled collection of source material, often unavailable in translation, on the history and philosophy of the world's first democracy.

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Beginning with the mythical origins of Athenian democracy under Theseus and describing the historical development of Athens' democratic institutions through Solon's reforms to the birth of democracy under Cleisthenes, this book addresses the wider cultural and social repercussions of the democratic system.

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Athens and Sparta were the two leading powers in the Classical Greek world. They represented two opposite systems of social organization, whose differences led to continuing ideological rivalry, culminating in the Peloponnesian War. This book looks at the two societies and their systems.

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Through careful interpretative essays on Greek poets, Shakespeare, and the Hebrew Bible, Athens, Arden, Jerusalem explores fundamental questions about God, human nature, and the political order. The collection of essays addresses topics ranging from friendship and marriage to sovereignty and tyranny, from piety and sin to comedy and contemplation.

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A leading psychologist explores the phenomenon of athletes across the sports world who engage in high-risk behavior that often destroys lives, bodies, and reputations.

From sex and drugs to violence, gambling, and wholesale conspiracies, scandals are everywhere in sports.

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Offers an introduction to the many forms that athletics took in the ancient world, and to the sources of evidence by which we can study it. As well as looking at the role of athletics in archaic and classical Greece, this book also covers the periods of the Hellenistic and Roman worlds. The different aspects of athletics are also considered.

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On September 3, 1864, Union Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman telegraphed the War Department in Washington, D.C., "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won." This book explores the entire Atlanta campaign, from Sherman's initial clashes with Joseph E. Johnston's army of Tennessee to the final Confederate resistance under General John Bell Hood.

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Examines the historical development of communications technology and its impact on German-American relations from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Chronologically organized, this book scrutinizes central themes connected to the specific time period and technology involved.

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In November of 1940, the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer attacked British Convoy HX-84. Watson recounts how the Scheer's 11-inch guns turned the ship into a burning hulk in twenty-two minutes, but most of the convoy escaped.

In November of 1940, the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer attacked British Convoy HX-84.

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Blending current trends with history, Atlas of Crime stands out for its coverage of critical topics such as school violence, hate crimes, domestic terrorism, rape, capital punishment, and more.

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The first systematic collection and translation into English of Gernot Bhme's key writings on atmosphere.

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Since 1945, the United States has manufactured and deployed more than 70,000 nuclear weapons to deter and if necessary fight a nuclear war. Some observers believe the absence of a third world war confirms that these weapons were a prudent and cost-effective response to the uncertainty and fear surrounding the Soviet Union's military and political ambitions during the cold war.

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"A comprehensive history of atomism from early Greek philosophy to contemporary metaphysics, encompassing Western, Asian and Arabic traditions"--

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the surprising science behind how things in your home work.

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This volume engages the unseen impacts of religion-linked conflicts and successful peacebuilding around the world. The authors address the paradoxes of the role of religion in global conflicts to reveal the connections among religion, conflict, and peace.

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This volume explores whether texts in 1 John are compatible with their use in peacemaking theology.

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