The+Polis

From The Greeks 1951
 * "The Polis"**

[|**Kitto, Humphrey Davey Findley (1897 - 1982)**] Born in Gloucestershire, England. Educated at Cambridge and the University of Bristol. Lecturer in Greek at the University of Glasgow and later professor of Greek at Bristol. Widely known as a writer and expert on Greek culture and history.

Urging readers not to confuse size with significance or sophistication, Kitto argues that the Greek polis, which has no real equivalent today as it is an independent metropolitan area that is autonomous, was a political, economic, and social community in the Ancient world that existed with different compositions depending on the realm. Thus, an important part here is that it has a social criticism to it: cities are not necessarily a modern invention with their shiny buildings and urban centers, etc.
 * Main Argument**

In short, he argues neither size nor modernity distinguishes the urban from the non-urban.


 * Other Ideas in the Article**

Comments Perhaps good to keep in mind that bigger is not always better or more important.
 * Sources**

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