Drawing Lots

From Egalitarianism to Democracy in Ancient Greece

Malkin, Irad (Professor Emeritus of Ancient Greek History, Blok, Josine (Professor Emeritus of Ancient History and Classical Civilization - Drawing Lots

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This book offers the first comprehensive study of drawing lots as a central, ubiquitous institution of ancient Greek society. Led by an egalitarian mindset, Greeks drew lots as a matter of course to distribute inheritance, booty, sacrificial meat, and lands, to mix groups, select individuals, and set turns. Lot-oracles were used for divination; otherwise, the gods guarded the justice of the procedure but rarely determined the outcome. When drawing lots was gradually applied to polis governance, classical Athens made sortition the basis of the first democracy in human history. A Greek innovation, drawing lots for governance inspires new democratic politics today.

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Schrijver: Malkin, Irad (Professor Emeritus of Ancient Greek History, Blok, Josine (Professor Emeritus of Ancient History and Classical Civilization
Titel: Drawing Lots
Uitgever: Oxford University Press Inc

Jaar: 2024
Taal: Engels
Pagina's: 536
Gewicht: 922 gr

EAN: 9780197753477
Afmetingen: 243 x 169 x 116 mm
Bindwijze: Gebonden

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From Egalitarianism to Democracy in Ancient Greece

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