Timeline; 1. Meaning in context: how to write a history of Greek political thought; 2. The Greek invention of the polis, of politics and of the political; Narrative I. The Prehistoric and Protohistoric Greek World c. 1300 BCE–c. 750 BCE: 3. Rule by one: the politics of Homer, c. 750 BCE; Narrative II. The Archaic Greek World, c. 750–500 BCE: 4. Rule by some: the politics of Solon, c. 600 BCE; 5. Rule by all: the Athenian revolution, c. 500 BCE; Narrative III. The Classical Greek World I: c. 500–400 BCE: 6. The human measure: the Greek invention of political theory, c. 500–400 BCE; 7. The trial of Socrates, 399 BCE; Narrative IV. The Classical Greek World II: c. 400–300 BCE: 8. Rule by one revisited: the politics of Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, Aristotle - and Alexander the Great, c. 400–330 BCE; Narrative V. The Hellenistic Greek World c. 300–30 BCE: 9. (E)utopianism by design: the Spartan revolution, 244–221 BCE; Narrative VI. 'Graecia Capta' (Greece Conquered) c. 146 BCE–CE 120: 10. The end of politics? The world of Plutarch, c. CE 100; 11. The Greek legacy and democracy today; Appendix I. Selected texts and documents: Appendix II. The 'Old Oligarch': a close reading.

Short, accessible guide to Greek political thought in its social and historical setting
Uses carefully selected case-studies to investigate the dynamic interaction between ancient Greek political thought and practice
Draws numerous comparisons between ancient Greek political thought and contemporary political thought and practice