Ancient Philosophy and Political Citizenship Fred C. Hansen

, constitution, democracy, citizenship, cosmopolitanism, republic, and sovereignty. Lane also describes how the

oratory modeled an ethics of citizenship for the masses as well as the elite. It explains how imperial

these texts to critique concepts such as democracy, citizenship, and rationality. Plato's "Noble Lie

particular-to put forward a new vision of citizenship that can make such a society a reality. Melissa Lane