Bibliograph

A wolf in the city, tyranny and the tyrant in Plato's Republic, Cinzia Arruzza

Type

Label

A wolf in the city, tyranny and the tyrant in Plato's Republic, Cinzia Arruzza

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A wolf in the city

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

1041194271

Responsibility statement

Cinzia Arruzza

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

tyranny and the tyrant in Plato's Republic

Summary

'A Wolf in the City' is a study of tyranny and of the tyrant's soul in Plato's Republic. It argues that Plato's critique of tyranny is an intervention in an ancient debate concerning the sources of the crisis of Athenian democracy and the relation between political leaders and the demos in the last decades of the fifth century bce.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

Creator