De Ste Croix
Biographic Data
| ID | 5627254 |
|---|---|
| NAME | De Ste Croix |
| GIVEN NAMES | De Ste |
| FAMILY NAME | Croix |
| SIGNATURE | CROIX S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Mycenaean Seminar 2015–16
534 (US), US $534 (Rest of World), 342 (Europe), 292 (UK). Prices are exclusive of tax. Asia
Five Notes on Solon's Constitution
This essay begins with a discussion of the introduction of majority voting at Athens. It then attempts to prove that Solon's Nomothesia must be dated in the same year as his archonship. The eupatrid monopoly of the machinery of state, the Solonian Council of Four Hundred, and ‘sortition from pre-selected candidates’ are discussed.
The metra in Aristotle, Eth. Nic. V vii 5 1134b 35–1135a3
The Athenian Citizenship Laws
This essay argues that most of what has been written in modern times about the Athenian citizenship laws is of very poor quality. For an extreme but by no means unusual view, it is worth looking at Adcock in CAH V 16788: accepting the most common interpretation of the events of 445/4, as ‘the retrospective enforcement’ of Pericles' citizenship law, he speaks of ‘this narrow policy’ as ‘a grievous error..., a great reproach on the state-craft of P…
The Athenaion Politeia and Early Athenian History
This essay examines Aristotle's attitude towards the Athenaion Politeia. Topics discussed include Athenaion Politeia and the Politics; the sources of Aristotle's account of Athenian constitutional history, in the Politics and more particularly the Ath. Pol.; an examination of explicit evidence for supposing that Aristotle relied heavily upon Androtion (the representative early Atthidographer) as an authority for his historical material in the Ath…
How Far was Trade a Cause of Early Greek Colonisation?
This essay begins by discussing the various possible causes of the colonization movement. It shows that great movement of early Greek colonization was above all agrarian, directed towards the seizure of good agricultural land. The concept of trade is then analysed.
The Solonian Census Classes and the Qualifications for Cavalry and Hoplite Service
This essay discusses the Solonian census classes. It proposes a radical reinterpretation of the evidence, which also deals with the qualifications for cavalry and hoplite service, a subject which has not been treated in any detail, or properly linked with the census classes. Topics discussed include late 5th- and 4th-century evidence of census classes, military categories in the 5th and 4th centuries, telē and military categories, original qualif…
Cleisthenes I
This essay focuses on Cleisthenes, whose name has become permanently linked with the constitution under which Athens flourished for nearly 200 years. Modern writers have depicted Cleisthenes as a man who turns himself into a popular leader at a late stage, in order to achieve personal power. This picture derives ultimately from one source: Herodotus (V 66-72). Aristotle of course had other sources for his account of Cleisthenes' constitution, but…
Solon, the Horoi and the Hektemoroi
By 1962, Antony Andrewes had developed a new theory of the famous Seisachtheia or ‘shaking off of burdens’ of Solon: according to Andrewes, what Aristotle saw as a cancellation of debts was the abolition of a traditional and long-standing state of dependency, that of the Hektemoroi or ‘sixth-part payers’. In 1962, Ste. Croix was invited by Andrewes to comment on a preliminary draft and he sent a long letter in reply; in 1968 Andrewes again consul…
Cleisthenes II
Herodotus and King Cleomenes I of Sparta
In 1972, Ste. Croix wrote that he knew of no satisfactory discussion of Spartan foreign policy in the reign of Cleomenes (OPW 167 n. 1). This essay, presented as a lecture, set out to fill this gap. It provides an outline narrative of the main events of the reign of Cleomenes.
But what about Aegina?
This essay fulfils the promise made by Ste. Croix in OPW 267 n. 61 in which he states: ‘I propose to demonstrate in detail elsewhere that even the governing class of Aegina was not at all the “mercantile aristocracy” it is so often assumed to have been, but a small, rich landowning class of archaic type’. Topics discussed include the internal politics at Aegina, the Aeginetan ruling class, Aeginetan industry or manufacture, Aeginetan merchants, s…
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Five Notes on Solon's Constitution
This essay begins with a discussion of the introduction of majority voting at Athens. It then attempts to prove that Solon's Nomothesia must be dated in the same year as his archonship. The eupatrid monopoly of the machinery of state, the Solonian Council of Four Hundred, and ‘sortition from pre-selected candidates’ are discussed.
The metra in Aristotle, Eth. Nic. V vii 5 1134b 35–1135a3
The Athenian Citizenship Laws
This essay argues that most of what has been written in modern times about the Athenian citizenship laws is of very poor quality. For an extreme but by no means unusual view, it is worth looking at Adcock in CAH V 16788: accepting the most common interpretation of the events of 445/4, as ‘the retrospective enforcement’ of Pericles' citizenship law, he speaks of ‘this narrow policy’ as ‘a grievous error..., a great reproach on the state-craft of P…
The Athenaion Politeia and Early Athenian History
This essay examines Aristotle's attitude towards the Athenaion Politeia. Topics discussed include Athenaion Politeia and the Politics; the sources of Aristotle's account of Athenian constitutional history, in the Politics and more particularly the Ath. Pol.; an examination of explicit evidence for supposing that Aristotle relied heavily upon Androtion (the representative early Atthidographer) as an authority for his historical material in the Ath…
How Far was Trade a Cause of Early Greek Colonisation?
This essay begins by discussing the various possible causes of the colonization movement. It shows that great movement of early Greek colonization was above all agrarian, directed towards the seizure of good agricultural land. The concept of trade is then analysed.
The Solonian Census Classes and the Qualifications for Cavalry and Hoplite Service
This essay discusses the Solonian census classes. It proposes a radical reinterpretation of the evidence, which also deals with the qualifications for cavalry and hoplite service, a subject which has not been treated in any detail, or properly linked with the census classes. Topics discussed include late 5th- and 4th-century evidence of census classes, military categories in the 5th and 4th centuries, telē and military categories, original qualif…
Cleisthenes I
This essay focuses on Cleisthenes, whose name has become permanently linked with the constitution under which Athens flourished for nearly 200 years. Modern writers have depicted Cleisthenes as a man who turns himself into a popular leader at a late stage, in order to achieve personal power. This picture derives ultimately from one source: Herodotus (V 66-72). Aristotle of course had other sources for his account of Cleisthenes' constitution, but…
Solon, the Horoi and the Hektemoroi
By 1962, Antony Andrewes had developed a new theory of the famous Seisachtheia or ‘shaking off of burdens’ of Solon: according to Andrewes, what Aristotle saw as a cancellation of debts was the abolition of a traditional and long-standing state of dependency, that of the Hektemoroi or ‘sixth-part payers’. In 1962, Ste. Croix was invited by Andrewes to comment on a preliminary draft and he sent a long letter in reply; in 1968 Andrewes again consul…
Cleisthenes II
Herodotus and King Cleomenes I of Sparta
In 1972, Ste. Croix wrote that he knew of no satisfactory discussion of Spartan foreign policy in the reign of Cleomenes (OPW 167 n. 1). This essay, presented as a lecture, set out to fill this gap. It provides an outline narrative of the main events of the reign of Cleomenes.
But what about Aegina?
This essay fulfils the promise made by Ste. Croix in OPW 267 n. 61 in which he states: ‘I propose to demonstrate in detail elsewhere that even the governing class of Aegina was not at all the “mercantile aristocracy” it is so often assumed to have been, but a small, rich landowning class of archaic type’. Topics discussed include the internal politics at Aegina, the Aeginetan ruling class, Aeginetan industry or manufacture, Aeginetan merchants, s…
The Mycenaean Seminar 2015–16
534 (US), US $534 (Rest of World), 342 (Europe), 292 (UK). Prices are exclusive of tax. Asia
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