David A Teegarden
Biographic Data
| ID | 5635124 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David A Teegarden |
| GIVEN NAMES | David A |
| FAMILY NAME | Teegarden |
| SIGNATURE | TEEGARDEN D A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Koinon Dogma, the Mercenary Threat and the Consolidation of the Democratic Revolutions in Mid-Fifth-Century Sicily
This chapter provides a partial explanation for the apparent success of the many democratic revolutions in mid 5th century Sicily. It makes three primary points. First, the presence of mercenaries and displaced peoples constituted an existential threat to each of the new Sicilian democracies. For example, mercenaries – all of whom previously worked for the then recently deposed tyrants – might support an aspiring tyrant simply for pay. Second, no…
Law and Order in Ancient Athens by Adriaan Lanni
Reviewed by: Law and Order in Ancient Athens by Adriaan Lanni David A. Teegarden Adriaan Lanni. Law and Order in Ancient Athens. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. xii, 226. $99.99. ISBN 978-0-521-19980-6. This important book offers an answer to a very difficult question: How did the Athenians secure a peaceful social order, despite the fact that they did not reliably enforce their laws? One would think that, if their laws were not v…
Death to Tyrants
List of Illustrations ix Preface xi List of Abbreviations xiii Introduction 1 Part I The Invention of Tyrant-Killing Legislation Chapter 1 The Decree of Demophantos 15 Part II Tyrant-Killing Legislation in the Late Classical Period Chapter 2 The Eretrian Tyrant-Killing Law 57 Chapter 3 The Law of Eukrates 85 Part III Tyrant-Killing Legislation in the Early Hellenistic Period Chapter 4 The Anti-Tyranny Dossier from Eresos 115 Chapter 5 The Philite…
The Philites Stele from Erythrai
Alexander's conquest of western Asia Minor marked a dramatic turning point in Erythraian politics. For the previous fifty-four consecutive years (386–332) and for seventy-two of the previous eighty years (412–394 and 386–332), oligarchs controlled that polis. By the end of the 330s, however, the democrats were in control. What many Erythraians likely considered to be the natural and immutable political order had been completely upended. This chap…
Conclusion
This concluding chapter provides a simple conceptual framework within which to interpret the long and complex history of tyrant-killing legislation. The framework has two parts. The first focuses on the dynamics of learning and innovation in Athens. The second briefly explores the likely dynamics of learning and adoption outside Athens. Tyrants, ancient as well as modern, fear the collective power of their people perhaps more than anything else. …
The Ilian Tyrant-Killing Law
This chapter focuses on the Ilian tyrant-killing law. The law is long and complex, its extant portions alone contain roughly twice the number of words as the Eretrian tyrant-killing law and 4.5 times as many words as the law of Eukrates (Ilion: 1,078; Eretria: 534; Eukrates: 227). This chapter first examines the provisions in order to ensure that we know what the Ilian pro-democrats actually promulgated. The second section presents the law's like…
The Decree of Demophantos
This chapter accounts for the successful mobilization in defense of Athens' democracy. It begins by exploring the collective response by citizens in Athens to the coup of the Four Hundred (411), an experience that taught the Athenians important lessons about mobilization in defense of their democracy. Two significant points emerge from that discussion. First, individuals in Athens did not respond to the coup initially because they had a so-called…
The Anti-Tyranny Dossier from Eresos
The earliest extant inscriptions from Eresos record punitive actions taken by the Eresian dēmos against tyrants and their descendants. This chapter argues that the “anti-tyranny dossier” documents Eresos's transition from an unstable, nondemocratically governed polis to a stable polis governed by an authoritative dēmos . The argument is presented in three parts. The first part interprets the actions recorded in the first two texts of the dossier.…
The Eretrian Tyrant-Killing Law
This chapter defends the following thesis: the promulgation of the Eretrian tyrant-killing law played an important role in defending Eretria's newly reinstated democratic regime against internal subversion during the years immediately following the Athenian led liberation of 341. The arguments in support of that thesis are presented in three sections. The first section argues that the Eretrian pro-democrats quite likely would have lost control of…
The Law of Eukrates
In the spring (or summer) of 336 an Athenian named Eukrates successfully proposed a law against tyranny and subversion of the Athenian democracy. Eukrates's law has two peculiar aspects. The first is the date of its promulgation: the ninth prytany in the archonship of Phrynichos (spring/summer 336). The second is its focus on the council of the Areopagos. This chapter has two related objectives, each of which addresses one of the two aforemention…
Death to Tyrants
This is the first comprehensive study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation—laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to “kill a tyrant.” The book demonstrates that the ancient Greeks promulgated these laws to harness the dynamics of mass uprisings and preserve popular democratic rule in the face of anti-democratic threats. It presents detailed historical and sociopolitical analyses of each law and considers a variety of issues: What…
The Oath of Demophantos, Revolutionary Mobilization, and the Preservation of the Athenian Democracy
In this article, the author seeks to account for the successful mobilization of the Athenians against the Thirty Tyrants in 404–403 b.c. He argues, first, that the coup of the Four Hundred would have taught Athenian democrats important lessons about mobilizing in defense of the regime; second, that the demos subsequently required all Athenians to swear the oath of Demophantos in order to increase the likelihood that, should the democracy be overt…
Death to Tyrants
List of Illustrations ix Preface xi List of Abbreviations xiii Introduction 1 Part I The Invention of Tyrant-Killing Legislation Chapter 1 The Decree of Demophantos 15 Part II Tyrant-Killing Legislation in the Late Classical Period Chapter 2 The Eretrian Tyrant-Killing Law 57 Chapter 3 The Law of Eukrates 85 Part III Tyrant-Killing Legislation in the Early Hellenistic Period Chapter 4 The Anti-Tyranny Dossier from Eresos 115 Chapter 5 The Philite…
The Oath of Demophantos, Revolutionary Mobilization, and the Preservation of the Athenian Democracy
In this article, the author seeks to account for the successful mobilization of the Athenians against the Thirty Tyrants in 404–403 b.c. He argues, first, that the coup of the Four Hundred would have taught Athenian democrats important lessons about mobilizing in defense of the regime; second, that the demos subsequently required all Athenians to swear the oath of Demophantos in order to increase the likelihood that, should the democracy be overt…
The Oath of Demophantos, Revolutionary Mobilization, and the Preservation of the Athenian Democracy
In this article, the author seeks to account for the successful mobilization of the Athenians against the Thirty Tyrants in 404–403 b.c. He argues, first, that the coup of the Four Hundred would have taught Athenian democrats important lessons about mobilizing in defense of the regime; second, that the demos subsequently required all Athenians to swear the oath of Demophantos in order to increase the likelihood that, should the democracy be overt…
The Philites Stele from Erythrai
Alexander's conquest of western Asia Minor marked a dramatic turning point in Erythraian politics. For the previous fifty-four consecutive years (386–332) and for seventy-two of the previous eighty years (412–394 and 386–332), oligarchs controlled that polis. By the end of the 330s, however, the democrats were in control. What many Erythraians likely considered to be the natural and immutable political order had been completely upended. This chap…
Conclusion
This concluding chapter provides a simple conceptual framework within which to interpret the long and complex history of tyrant-killing legislation. The framework has two parts. The first focuses on the dynamics of learning and innovation in Athens. The second briefly explores the likely dynamics of learning and adoption outside Athens. Tyrants, ancient as well as modern, fear the collective power of their people perhaps more than anything else. …
The Ilian Tyrant-Killing Law
This chapter focuses on the Ilian tyrant-killing law. The law is long and complex, its extant portions alone contain roughly twice the number of words as the Eretrian tyrant-killing law and 4.5 times as many words as the law of Eukrates (Ilion: 1,078; Eretria: 534; Eukrates: 227). This chapter first examines the provisions in order to ensure that we know what the Ilian pro-democrats actually promulgated. The second section presents the law's like…
The Decree of Demophantos
This chapter accounts for the successful mobilization in defense of Athens' democracy. It begins by exploring the collective response by citizens in Athens to the coup of the Four Hundred (411), an experience that taught the Athenians important lessons about mobilization in defense of their democracy. Two significant points emerge from that discussion. First, individuals in Athens did not respond to the coup initially because they had a so-called…
The Anti-Tyranny Dossier from Eresos
The earliest extant inscriptions from Eresos record punitive actions taken by the Eresian dēmos against tyrants and their descendants. This chapter argues that the “anti-tyranny dossier” documents Eresos's transition from an unstable, nondemocratically governed polis to a stable polis governed by an authoritative dēmos . The argument is presented in three parts. The first part interprets the actions recorded in the first two texts of the dossier.…
The Eretrian Tyrant-Killing Law
This chapter defends the following thesis: the promulgation of the Eretrian tyrant-killing law played an important role in defending Eretria's newly reinstated democratic regime against internal subversion during the years immediately following the Athenian led liberation of 341. The arguments in support of that thesis are presented in three sections. The first section argues that the Eretrian pro-democrats quite likely would have lost control of…
The Law of Eukrates
In the spring (or summer) of 336 an Athenian named Eukrates successfully proposed a law against tyranny and subversion of the Athenian democracy. Eukrates's law has two peculiar aspects. The first is the date of its promulgation: the ninth prytany in the archonship of Phrynichos (spring/summer 336). The second is its focus on the council of the Areopagos. This chapter has two related objectives, each of which addresses one of the two aforemention…
Death to Tyrants
This is the first comprehensive study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation—laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to “kill a tyrant.” The book demonstrates that the ancient Greeks promulgated these laws to harness the dynamics of mass uprisings and preserve popular democratic rule in the face of anti-democratic threats. It presents detailed historical and sociopolitical analyses of each law and considers a variety of issues: What…
Death to Tyrants
List of Illustrations ix Preface xi List of Abbreviations xiii Introduction 1 Part I The Invention of Tyrant-Killing Legislation Chapter 1 The Decree of Demophantos 15 Part II Tyrant-Killing Legislation in the Late Classical Period Chapter 2 The Eretrian Tyrant-Killing Law 57 Chapter 3 The Law of Eukrates 85 Part III Tyrant-Killing Legislation in the Early Hellenistic Period Chapter 4 The Anti-Tyranny Dossier from Eresos 115 Chapter 5 The Philite…
Law and Order in Ancient Athens by Adriaan Lanni
Reviewed by: Law and Order in Ancient Athens by Adriaan Lanni David A. Teegarden Adriaan Lanni. Law and Order in Ancient Athens. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. xii, 226. $99.99. ISBN 978-0-521-19980-6. This important book offers an answer to a very difficult question: How did the Athenians secure a peaceful social order, despite the fact that they did not reliably enforce their laws? One would think that, if their laws were not v…
The Koinon Dogma, the Mercenary Threat and the Consolidation of the Democratic Revolutions in Mid-Fifth-Century Sicily
This chapter provides a partial explanation for the apparent success of the many democratic revolutions in mid 5th century Sicily. It makes three primary points. First, the presence of mercenaries and displaced peoples constituted an existential threat to each of the new Sicilian democracies. For example, mercenaries – all of whom previously worked for the then recently deposed tyrants – might support an aspiring tyrant simply for pay. Second, no…
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