Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-270) and index
Introduction -- The reception of Hellenistic Athens : the origins of a negative image -- Ideology in Hellenistic Athens -- The enemy within : oligarchy in Hellenistic Athens -- Democracy in Hellenistic Athens -- Phocion : 'the good' or 'the bad'? -- Stratocles of Diomeia : audacious buffoon or shamelessly bold? -- Callippus of Eleusis : tin-pot general, or generalissimo? -- Conclusion