简介:<正>ThereisaconsensusamongscholarsofancientGreekhistorythatthephylê1wasnotonlyafunctionalunitbelongingtopoliticalsystemsofGreekcommunities,butthatitalsoplayedadecisivepartinthesingularprocessknownastheriseofthepolis,i.e.thetransformationfromsettlementsintopoliticalcommunitiesofcitizens.2Nevertheless,littleattentionhasbeenpaidtotheconcretepoliticalfunctionfulfilledbythephylaiinparticularpoleis.OnlythefamousAthenian