TOPOGRAPHIC SEMANTICS: The Location of the Athenian Public Cemetery and Its Significance for the Nascent Democracy Author(s): Nathan T. Arrington Source: Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Vol. 79, No. 4 (October-December 2010), pp. 499-539 Published by: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41012853 . Accessed: 18/03/2014 10:17 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 71.168.218.10 on Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:17:05 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions HESPERIA 79 (2OIO) TOPOGRAPHIC Pages 499S39 SEMANTICS The Location of the Athenian Public Cemetery and Its Significance for the Nascent Democracy ABSTRACT In thisarticle, the author seeks to understandthe place of the demosion sema, thepublic cemetery of Athens, within the Athenian physical and cognitive landscape.The archaeologicaland literary evidence shows that the cemetery was establishedca.