Performing interpersonal violence : court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens /

This book offers the first attempt at understanding interpersonal violence in ancient Athens. While the archaic desire for revenge persisted into the classical period, it was channeled by the civil discourse of the democracy. Forensic speeches, curse tablets, and comedy display a remarkable openness...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Riess, Werner
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : De Gruyter, 2012.
Colección:MythosEikonPoiesis ; Bd. 4.
Temas:
To 500
Theater > Greece > History > To 500.
Violence in the theater.
Violence > Greece > Athens > History.
Théâtre > Grèce > Histoire > Jusqu'à 500.
Violence au théâtre.
Violence > Grèce > Athènes > Histoire.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Theater
Violence
Violence in the theater
Greece
Greece > Athens
Classics.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Forensic Speeches
  • III. Curse Tablets
  • IV. Old and New Comedy
  • V. Conclusions
  • VI. References
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index.

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