Athenian life in the 4th century BC.

13.02.2026, 10:30-12:00 and 13:00-18:00, Room 18/E07

 Associate Professor Dr. Markus Sehlmeyer

Athens in the 4th century BC is particularly well known thanks to a large number of sources - speeches, but also the first monographic treatments such as the "State of the Athenians" from the school of Aristotle or his economic writings. The political constitution is often the focus of interest, but the sources also reveal something about the everyday situation and rules of experience, the "nomological knowledge", as Max Weber calls it. In addition to the interpretation of ancient sources, individual problems will be discussed in the workshop and participants can also present their own projects if they wish.

Sources:

Aristoteles - Werke in deutscher Übersetzung: Aristoteles, Bd. 10 II: Oikonomika - Schriften zu Hauswirtschaft und Finanzwesen, dt. Renate Zoepffel, Berlin 2006

Fisher, N.R.E. (ed.): Social Values in Classical Athens, London 1976 (attische Redner)

Literature:

Garland, Robert: Daily life of the Ancient Greeks, 2nd ed. Indianapolis 2008.

Piepenbrink, Karen: Die 'Rhetorik' des Aristoteles und ihr Verhältnis zum historischen Kontext, Stuttgart 2019.

Vierhaus, Rudolf, Die Rekonstruktion historischer Lebenswelten, in: H. Lehmann (ed.): Wege zu einer neuen Kulturgeschichte, Göttingen 1995, 7-28.

Registration via E-Mail: markus.sehlmeyer@uni-osnabrueck.de till the end of December 2025.