The Greek City States A source book, Second edition
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978-0-511-28479-3
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
2007
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loginThe Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote that ‘man is by nature a political animal’,that is, one for whom life can best be lived in poleis, or city states (Politics, I. 1253a2–3, III. 1278 b19). The purpose of this book is to present the world of theGreek city states, through a selection of ancient texts in translation, to students ofancient Greece and to students of political institutions. Its primary concern iswith how the various states were governed, though a few texts of a more theoreti-cal nature are included; it is not intended as a source book for narrative history,though inevitably it includes some texts of importance to students of narrativehistory.
