UID:
almafu_9958128111802883
Format:
xii, 450 p.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-91535-8
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9786610915354
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90-474-0568-4
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1-4294-0841-3
Series Statement:
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 254
Content:
This book contains a collection of essays on the notion of “Free Speech” in classical antiquity. The essays examine such concepts as “freedom of speech,” “self-expression,” and “censorship,” in ancient Greek and Roman culture from historical, philosophical, and literary perspectives. Among the many questions addressed are: what was the precise lexicographical valence of the ancient terms we routinely translate as \'Freedom of Speech,\' e.g., Parrhesia in Greece, Licentia in Rome? What relationship do such terms have with concepts such as isêgoria , dêmokratia and eleutheria ; or libertas , res publica and imperium ? What does ancient theorizing about free speech tell us about contemporary relationships between power and speech? What are the philosophical foundations and ideological underpinnings of free speech in specific historical contexts?
Note:
Consists of a collection of papers presented at the second Penn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values, held in June 2002 at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Preliminary Material /
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION /
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NEREIDS, COLONIES AND THE ORIGINS OF ISEGORIA /
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ARISTOCRACY AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD /
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BINDING SPEECHES: GIVING VOICE TO DEADLY THOUGHTS IN GREEK EPITAPHS /
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WOMEN’S FREE SPEECH IN GREEK TRAGEDY /
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AISCHROLOGY, SHAME, AND COMEDY /
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HARASSING THE SATIRIST: THE ALLEGED ATTEMPTS TO PROSECUTE ARISTOPHANES /
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MAKING WORDS COUNT: FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND NARRATIVE IN THUCYDIDES /
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CITIZEN ATTRIBUTE, NEGATIVE RIGHT: A CONCEPTUAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANCIENT AND MODERN IDEAS OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH /
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THE POWER TO SPEAK —AND NOT TO LISTEN— IN ANCIENT ATHENS /
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FREE SPEECH, COURAGE, AND DEMOCRATIC DELIBERATION /
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SPEAKER-AUDIENCE INTERACTION IN ATHENS: A POWER STRUGGLE /
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SOCRATIC PARRHESIA AND ITS AFTERLIFE IN PLATO’S LAWS /
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ΠΑΡΡΗΣΙΑ IN ARISTOTLE /
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FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE ROMAN REPUBLICAN ARMY /
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SPEAKING BEFORE SUPERIORS: ORPHEUS IN VERGIL AND OVID /
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HISTORIOGRAPHY AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH: THE CASE OF CREMUTIUS CORDUS /
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LIBERTAS OR LICENTIA? FREEDOM AND CRITICISM IN ROMAN SATIRE /
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INDEX OF GREEK TERMS /
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INDEX OF LATIN TERMS /
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INDEX LOCORUM /
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GENERAL INDEX /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-04-13925-7
Language:
English
Keywords:
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
