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Depicting Democracy: An Exploration of Art and Text in the Law of Eukrates*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2012

A.J.L. Blanshard
A.J.L. Blanshard
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University of Reading
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Abstract

This paper examines the range of symbolic associations surrounding the relief sculpture (Democracy crowning the Athenian people) that accompanied the law proposed by Eukrates against the establishment of tyranny. It examines some of the investments made in it by various communities and individuals. The role of personifications in political allegory is examined. This analysis shows both the potency of personifying representations of the Athenian people and the interpretative complexities that they create.

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The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 124 , November 2004 , pp. 1 - 15
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Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 2004

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