Charismatic Leaders

Robert W. Wallace*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationA Companion to Archaic Greece
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages411-426
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9780631230458
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 17 2009

Keywords

  • Aristotle and group - reconstructing detailed political and constitutional histories of 158 poleis
  • Charismatic leaders
  • Elites in crisis - seventh- and sixth-century poets voicing frequent complaints against aristocratic violence and economic exploitation
  • Lawgivers - for many poleis, lawgivers as alternative to tyrants
  • Tyrants - amid these crises, tyrants dominating many poleis
  • demos voting Peisistratus as a bodyguard of club-bearers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Arts and Humanities

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