Abstract
The public decision-making of the Trojans is portrayed as disorderly, authoritarian, and unresponsive, in contrast to the more open debates of the Achaeans, an institutional failing that contributes to the fall of the city.
- Title
- Trojan Politics and the Assemblies of Iliad 7
- Creators
- Joel Christensen - Brandeis University, Department of Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies
- Publication Details
- Greek, Roman and Byzantine studies, Vol.55(1), pp.25-51
- Publisher
- Duke University
- Identifiers
- 9923906572901921
- Academic Unit
- Department of Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies; Interdepartmental Program in Comparative Literature and Culture
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article