Niall Livingstone is a Senior Lecturer in Classics, Ancient History, and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham.

• About this bookAcknowledgementsPART 1: SETTING THE STAGE FOR CITIZENSIntroduction: Democratic KnowledgeCitizens Modern and AncientDemocraciesIntellectual Attainment and Democratic IdealsMyth and MousikēHeroic PoliticsHesiod’s Poetics of StruggleSolon: Accommodating Athens to the MusePART 2: CITIZEN SPACESKnowing Where It HappensDemocratic Citizenship: Staging and RehearsalWhat Did Citizens Learn?Learning at HomePlaces of LearningThe AgoraThe View beyond the CityIn and Out of the Barber’s ShopPART 3: THE CITIZEN PERFORMERWriting the CitySuspicion of Writing in AthensOn Writers (People Who Write Written Speeches, or Sophists)The Argument of ‘On Writers’A Misdirected Attack on Writing?The Two Faces of the WriterStylish SpontaneityConclusion: the City as UniversityBibliography

"This slim book takes on a big question: 'How did the citizens of ancient Athens learn to live in a democracy?' It’s an important question, both for our knowledge of the classical city and for our understanding of how citizenship works in democracies today ... Livingstone’s work is an important reminder that "culture" (political or otherwise) is grounded in face-to-face human interactions. His book is a powerful statement about how much ancient Athens still has to teach us ... it is a worthwhile and compelling read."- Ryan R. Abrecht, University of San Diego (USA), the Bryn Mawr Classical Review