Matthew K. Reising is an Assistant Professor in the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin

• AcknowledgementsDedicationIntroduction: Herodotus’ Political Philosophy of FreedomThe Rise of Persia: Herodotus on Tyrants, Founders, and ChampionsRethinking the Persian Empire: The Case Against Persia as a TyrannyHerodotus and the Case for Persian FreedomHerodotus’ Constitutional Individualism: Freedom and Equality in GreeceHerodotus’ Persia and the Archaeological Record: Three Case StudiesConclusionBibliography

Matthew Reising’s excellent book makes insightful and illuminating contributions to Herodotus studies, offering both revelatory readings of the text and a provocative decentering of Greek freedom which opens new paths of inquiry into regimes, freedom, and constitutionalism in the ancient world.

Matthew K. Reising is an Assistant Professor in the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin

• AcknowledgementsDedicationIntroduction: Herodotus’ Political Philosophy of FreedomThe Rise of Persia: Herodotus on Tyrants, Founders, and ChampionsRethinking the Persian Empire: The Case Against Persia as a TyrannyHerodotus and the Case for Persian FreedomHerodotus’ Constitutional Individualism: Freedom and Equality in GreeceHerodotus’ Persia and the Archaeological Record: Three Case StudiesConclusionBibliography

Matthew Reising’s excellent book makes insightful and illuminating contributions to Herodotus studies, offering both revelatory readings of the text and a provocative decentering of Greek freedom which opens new paths of inquiry into regimes, freedom, and constitutionalism in the ancient world.

Matthew K. Reising is an Assistant Professor in the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin

• AcknowledgementsDedicationIntroduction: Herodotus’ Political Philosophy of FreedomThe Rise of Persia: Herodotus on Tyrants, Founders, and ChampionsRethinking the Persian Empire: The Case Against Persia as a TyrannyHerodotus and the Case for Persian FreedomHerodotus’ Constitutional Individualism: Freedom and Equality in GreeceHerodotus’ Persia and the Archaeological Record: Three Case StudiesConclusionBibliography

Matthew Reising’s excellent book makes insightful and illuminating contributions to Herodotus studies, offering both revelatory readings of the text and a provocative decentering of Greek freedom which opens new paths of inquiry into regimes, freedom, and constitutionalism in the ancient world.