This book critically explores the development of radical criminology through a range of written
Ancient Greek works including epic and lyrical poetry drama and philosophy across different
chapters. It traces the development of political power and the concepts of law legitimacy
crime justice and deviance in the Ancient Greek world and the political struggles that
propelled that development using the conflict perspective as a conceptual tool of the
sociological analysis of reality. Theoretical discussions of crime and justice typically stem
from the better known works of Plato or Aristotle although this book explores the works
preceding these. This book will appeal to those interested in the (pre)history of criminology
and the historical production of criminological knowledge.
