Dangerous Counsel
Accountability and Advice in Ancient Greece
- Contents
- Review Quotes

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Accountability and Unaccountability in Athenian Democracy
2 The Tyrant: Unaccountability’s Second Face
3 The Accountable Adviser in Herodotus’ Histories
4 Responsibility and Accountability in Thucydides’ Mytilenean Debate
5 Parrhēsia across Politeiai
6 Demagoguery and the Limits of Expert Advice in Plato’s Gorgias
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
History: Ancient and Classical History
Political Science: Political and Social Theory
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