tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post6076732838328532811..comments2023-11-02T10:22:20.717-04:00Comments on Mike Anderson's Ancient History Blog: Lifecycle of the Greek PolisMike Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072553719998549925noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-72873102861311772782012-12-22T09:05:39.813-05:002012-12-22T09:05:39.813-05:00I kind of find it strange that the term "poli...I kind of find it strange that the term "politiea" doesn't appear. A "politiea" is different. <br /><br />You begin your post with the forms of government but end up with conqueors. And you write: "Not enough democracy". Athens fault was that it was democratic.<br /><br />Where is the discussion of Sparta and the creation of a true republic where Plato in the Laws calls the Cretan and the Spartan, "having true politeias".<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sparta.markoulakispublications.org.uk/index.php?id=105" rel="nofollow">The Spartan Republic</a><br /><br />The Spartans had a true Republic. Aristotle recognized that as well!W.LindsayWheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236577164127792348noreply@blogger.com