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Athens, 403 B.C.E. The bloody oligarchic dictatorship of the Thirty is over, and the democrats have returned to the city victorious. Renouncing vengeance, in an act of willful amnesia, citizens call for - if not invent - amnesty. They agree to forget the unforgettable, the "past misfortunes," of civil strife or stasis. More precisely, what they agree to deny is that stasis - simultaneously partisanship, faction, and sedition - is at the heart of their politics. Continuing a criticism of Athenian ideology begun in her study The Invention of Athens, Nicole Loraux argues that this crucial moment of Athenian political history must be interpreted as constitutive of politics and political life and not as a threat to it.

15.51 Antiquity. --- Amnesty --- Amnesty. --- Amnistie --- Democracy --- Democracy. --- Démocratie --- Greek antiquity. --- Mémoire collective --- Politics and government. --- Revolts. --- Social conflicts. --- 404-403 B.C. --- Athens (Greece) --- Athens. --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Greece --- History --- Politics and government --- Philosophy. --- Politique et gouvernement.