This book examines the role of the body in ancient Greek political thought. While studies of Greek political philosophy have traditionally focused on institutions, values, and constitutional models, this volume shows that political reflection was also deeply concerned with the formation, regulation, and representation of bodies. Bringing together analysis of philosophy, history, historiography, and literature, this volume explores how bodies were imagined as sites of citizenship, education, slavery, gender, desire, self-discipline, and collective identity. In doing so, it reveals the ways in which embodied practices and ideals shaped political life across the classical Greek world.

Pietro Montanari is Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Guadalajara, Mexico. His research centers broadly around Plato and Platonictraditions, ancient and modern. He is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNII, SECIHTI) and the Latin American Association of Ancient Philosophy (ALFA).

Étienne Helmer is Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Anthropology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. His research deals mostly with ancient Greek economic and political philosophy, Plato's political and social philosophy, and ancient Cynicism. He is a member of the Latin American Association of Ancient Philosophy (ALFA). He is also a Research Director at the Collège International de Philosophie, France.