CONTENTS 

PREFACE                                                                                                                 VÜ 

PART I. THE HELLENIC STATE 

INTRODUCTION                                                                                                       3
Ch. I.       THE ORIGINS OF THE GREEK STATES 

1.           Land and Sea                                                                  5

2.           Tribe and Town                                                               g

3.     The Gods                                                                       16

4.           Nobles and Non-Nobles                                                  20

5.     Forms of State                                                               24

Gh. II.   the polis

1.   Basic Facts                                                                    28

(a)   Territory                                                                   28

(b)   Population                                                                 32

2.   Politeia                                                                          39

(a)   Citizenship                                                                 39

(b)   Forms of Constitution                                                  43

3.   Political Structure                                                           52

(a)    The Assembly of Citizens                                         52

(b)    The Council                                                              59

(c)          The Officials                                                              65

(d)    The Populär Courts                                                     71

4.   Functions of the State                                                      74

(a)   Religion and Cult                                                    74

(b)   Law                                                                         77

(c)        The Armed Forces                                                       80

(d)   Finance                                                                    83

5.  The Nature of the Polis                                                   88

Ch. III. FEDERATIONS OF STATES AND THE FEDERAL STATE

1.           Inter-State Relations                                                      103

2.           Amphictyonies                                                              108

3.           Alliances under a Hegemon                                           112

4.           Tribal and Regional Leagues                                           121

CONTENTS PART II. THE HELLENISTIG STATE

Gh. I.      THE WORLD OF THE HELLENISTIG STATES                            135
Gh. II.    BASIG FACTS

1.          Territory                                                                            141

2.          Population                                                                          146

Gh. III. STRUCTURE AND NATURE OF THE STATE

1.          Kingdom                                                                            158

2.          Administration                                                                    178

3.          State and Polis                                                                   191

Gh. IV.   FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE

1.          Religion and Gült                                      &am