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Fifth-century Athens' most important music theorist and the teacher and political counselor of Perikles, Damon was the first to study music's psychological, behavioural, and political effects, profoundly influencing debates on music theory throughout antiquity. Called by Isokrates the most intelligent Athenian of his age, Damon worked alongside Perikles during the most vibrant decades of Athens' democracy, promoting democratic political reforms and the role of music in the polis. Among other consequences, Damon's musical and political entanglements caused him to be ostracized from Athens for ten years, at the height of Perikles' power. Reconstructing Damon is the first comprehensive study of this major Athenian theorist of music, poetic meter, and democratic politics, detailing his extensive influence, and providing the first systematic collection, translation, and critical examination of all ancient testimonia for him. In doing so, this volume makes an important contribution to a number of key fields, including classical Greek theories of music and poetic meter, fifth-century philosophy (particularly developments often linked with the sophists), political history including the growth of democracy, and the life and career of Perikles.

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This book studies Damon, fifth-century Athens’ most important music theorist and the teacher and political counsellor of Perikles. Sometimes considered a sophist (a term challenged here), Damon first studied music’s psychological, behavioural, and political affects, profoundly influencing Plato and debates on music theory down through antiquity. No less significant, Damon worked alongside Perikles during the most vibrant decades of Athens’ democracy. He is credited with the idea of providing pay for the public courts, an important democratic development. According to Olympiodoros, ‘Damon taught Perikles the songs through which Perikles harmonized the city.’ Damon’s musical and political entanglements got him ostracized from Attica for ten years, at the height of Perikles’ power. Major topics include classical Greek music theory, fifth-century philosophy and theory including the ‘sophists’, political history especially the growth of democracy, and the life and career of Perikles. In three main chapters it discusses Damon’s life and teaching; his contributions to the theoretical study of music and poetic metre; his political engagements and ostracism. It includes the first edition and translation of all ancient sources for Damon, each followed by a detailed commentary.

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This book presents a state-of-the-art debate about the origins of Athenian democracy by five eminent scholars. The result is a stimulating, critical exploration and interpretation of the extant evidence on this intriguing and important topic. The authors address such questions as: Why was democracy first realized in ancient Greece? Was democracy "invented" or did it evolve over a long period of time? What were the conditions for democracy, the social and political foundations that made this development possible? And what factors turned the possibility of democracy into necessity and reality? The authors first examine the conditions in early Greek society that encouraged equality and "people's power." They then scrutinize, in their social and political contexts, three crucial points in the evolution of democracy: the reforms connected with the names of Solon, Cleisthenes, and Ephialtes in the early and late sixth and mid-fifth century. Finally, an ancient historian and a political scientist review the arguments presented in the previous chapters and add their own perspectives, asking what lessons we can draw today from the ancient democratic experience. Designed for a general readership as well as students and scholars, the book intends to provoke discussion by presenting side by side the evidence and arguments that support various explanations of the origins of democracy, thus enabling readers to join in the debate and draw their own conclusions.

Democracy --- History --- Greece --- Athens (Greece) --- Politics and government --- Politics and government. --- Démocratie --- Histoire --- Grèce --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Politique et gouvernement --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Democracy - Greece - History - To 1500 --- Democracy - Greece - Athens - History - To 1500 --- Greece - Politics and government - To 146 B.C. --- Athens (Greece) - Politics and government