By Barry Strauss
As history's first democracy, classical Athens invited political discourse. The Athenians, even though couldn't thoroughly separate the politicals from the personal sphere; certainly father-son clash, from patricide to murdering one's son, was once a massive public in addition to a personal subject matter. In a desirable old reappraisal, the writer explores the implications, for Athens and us, of the strong effect of familial ideology on politics.