This comprehensive volume details the variety of constitutions and types of governing bodies in the ancient Greek world.

• A collection of original scholarship on ancient Greek governing structures and institutions
• Explores the multiple manifestations of state action throughout the Greek world
• Discusses the evolution of government from the Archaic Age to the Hellenistic period, ancient typologies of government, its various branches, principles and procedures and realms of governance
• Creates a unique synthesis on the spatial and memorial connotations of government by combining the latest institutional research with more recent trends in cultural scholarship