UID:
almahu_9949463947902882
Format:
1 online resource (479 p.)
ISBN:
9783110245608
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9783110621099
Series Statement:
MythosEikonPoiesis , 4
Content:
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 regarding the definition of violence. But in daily life, Athenians had to draw the line between acceptable and unacceptable behavior. They did so by enacting a discourse on violence in the performance of these genres, during which complex negotiations about the legitimacy of violence took place. Performances such as the staging of trials and comedies ritually defined the meaning of violence and its appropriate application. Speeches and curse tablets not only spoke about violence, but also exacted it in a mediated form, deriving its legitimate use from a democratic principle, the communal decision of the human jurors in the first case and the underworld gods in the second. Since discourse and reality were intertwined and the discourse was ritualized, actual violence might also have been partly ritualized. By still respecting the on-going desire to harm one's enemy, this partial ritualization of violence helped restrain violence and thus contributed to Athens' relative stability.
Note:
Habil Augsburg 2008.
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgments --
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Contents --
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I. Introduction --
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II. Forensic Speeches --
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III. Curse Tablets --
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IV. Old and New Comedy --
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V. Conclusions --
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VI. References --
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Index Locorum --
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General Index
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Classics and Near East Studies 2000-2014 (EN), De Gruyter, 9783110621099
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Classics and Near East Studies 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110636178
In:
E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012, De Gruyter, 9783110288995
In:
E-BOOK PACKAGE CLASSICAL STUDIES 2012, De Gruyter, 9783110293838
In:
E-BOOK PAKET ALTERTUM 2012, De Gruyter, 9783110288964
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110245592
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1515/9783110245608
URL:
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