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Race and Citizen Identity in the
Classical Athenian Democracy
In Race and Citizen Identity in the Classical Athenian Democracy,Susan
Lape demonstrates how a racial ideology grounded citizen identity.
Although this ideology did not manifest itself in a fully developed race
myth,itsstudyoffersinsightintothecausesandconditionsthatcangive
rise to race and racisms in both modern and pre-modern cultures. In the
Athenian context, racial citizenship emerged because it both identified
who the citizens were and explained why they deserved to share in
the goods of citizenship. By investigating Athenian law, drama, and
citizenshippractices,thisstudyshowshowracialcitizenshipworkedin
practice to consolidate national unity and to account for past Athenian
Herodotus’ and Thucydides’ understanding of history and causation.
Susan Lape is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of
Southern California. She is the author of Reproducing Athens: Menan-
der’edy, Democratic Culture and the Hellenistic City.
Race and Citizen
Identity in the
Classical Athenian
Democracy
Susan Lape
University of Southern California
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