A Citizen as a Slave of the State? Oligarchic Perceptions of Democracy in Xenophon
Xenophon portrays the wealthy as evoking slavery as a metaphor for their subjection to liturgies in democratic Athens, and this implies an ideological commentary on the definition of freedom as living as one wishes.
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| Language: | English |
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Duke University
2013-02-01
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| Series: | Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies |
| Online Access: | http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/14703 |