Citizenship Is A Major Feature Of Contemporary Politics, But Rather Than Being A Modern Phenomenon It Is In Fact A Legacy Of Ancient Greece. Focusing On The Archaic Period And Its Cities, This Volume Challenges The Narrow Aristotelian Model Of Citizenship And Provides Instead A Wide Range Of Insights And Methodological Approaches To The Topic. Pathways To Archaic Citizenship / Alain Duplouy -- State Formation In Early Iron Age Greece The Operative Forces / John K. Davies -- Retracing Steps Finding Ways Into Archaic Greek Citizenship / Josine Blok -- Citizens And Soldiers In Archaic Athens / Hans Van Wees -- Associations And Citizenship In Attica From Solon To Cleisthenes / Paulin Ismard -- Citizenship And Civic Subdivisions The Case Of Sparta / Marcello Lupi -- The Spartan Contribution To Greek Citizenship Theory / Paul Cartledge -- Athletics And Citizenship / Nick Fisher -- Citizenship And Commensality In Archaic Crete Searching For The Andreion / James Whitley -- Citizenship As Performance / Alain Duplouy -- Oligarchies Of 'fixed Number' Or Citizen Bodies In The Making? / Maurizio Giangiulio -- Conclusion : Taking Stock And Looking Backward / Roger W. Brock. Edited By Alain Duplouy And Roger Brock. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 305-350) And Index.