Drama, Oratory and Thucydides in Fifth-Century Athens - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Drama, Oratory and Thucydides in Fifth-Century Athens write by Sophie Mills. This book was released on 2020-03-09. Drama, Oratory and Thucydides in Fifth-Century Athens available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study centres on the rhetoric of the Athenian empire, Thucydides’ account of the Peloponnesian War and the notable discrepancies between his assessment of Athens and that found in tragedy, funeral orations and public art. Mills explores the contradiction between Athenian actions and their self-representation, arguing that Thucydides’ highly critical, cynical approach to the Athenian empire does not reflect how the average Athenian saw his city’s power. The popular education of the Athenians, as presented to them in funeral speeches, drama and public art told a very different story from that presented by Thucydides’ history, and it was far more palatable to ordinary Athenians since it offered them a highly flattering portrayal of their city and, by extension, each individual who made up that city. Drama, Oratory and Thucydides in Fifth-Century Athens: Teaching Imperial Lessons offers a fascinating insight into Athenian self-representation and will be of interest to anyone working on classical Athens, the Greek polis and classical historiography.
The Greeks and Their Past
The Greeks and Their Past - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Greeks and Their Past write by Jonas Grethlein. This book was released on 2010-02-04. The Greeks and Their Past available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Investigates literary memory in the fifth century BCE, covering poetry and oratory as well as the first Greek historians.
On Justice, Power & Human Nature
On Justice, Power & Human Nature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On Justice, Power & Human Nature write by Thucydides. This book was released on 1993. On Justice, Power & Human Nature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Designed for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language and culture, this collection of extracts from The History of the Peloponnesian War includes those passages that shed most light on Thucydides' political theory--famous as well as important but lesser-known pieces frequently overlooked by nonspecialists. Newly translated into spare, vigorous English, and situated within a connective narrative framework, Woodruff's selections will be of special interest to instructors in political theory and Greek civilization. Includes maps, notes, glossary.
The Athenian Funeral Oration
The Athenian Funeral Oration - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Athenian Funeral Oration write by David M. Pritchard. This book was released on 2024-02. The Athenian Funeral Oration available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The most important study of the funeral oration for dead combatants in democratic Athens since Nicole Loraux's classic work.
The Poetics in its Aristotelian Context
The Poetics in its Aristotelian Context - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Poetics in its Aristotelian Context write by Pierre Destrée. This book was released on 2020-03-18. The Poetics in its Aristotelian Context available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume integrates aspects of the Poetics into the broader corpus of Aristotelian philosophy. It both deals with some old problems raised by the treatise, suggesting possible solutions through contextualization, and also identifies new ways in which poetic concepts could relate to Aristotelian philosophy. In the past, contextualization has most commonly been used by scholars in order to try to solve the meaning of difficult concepts in the Poetics (such as catharsis, mimesis, or tragic pleasure). In this volume, rather than looking to explain a specific concept, the contributors observe the concatenation of Aristotelian ideas in various treatises in order to explore some aesthetic, moral and political implications of the philosopher’s views of tragedy, comedy and related genres. Questions addressed include: Does Aristotle see his interest in drama as part of his larger research on human natures? What are the implications of tragic plots dealing with close family members for the polis? What should be the role of drama and music in the education of citizens? How does dramatic poetry relate to other arts and what are the ethical ramifications of the connections? How specific are certain emotions to literary genres and how do those connect to Aristotle’s extended account of pathe? Finally, how do internal elements of composition and language in poetry relate to other domains of Aristotelian thought? The Poetics in its Aristotelian Context offers a fascinating new insight to the Poetics, and will be of use to anyone working on the Poetics, or Aristotelian philosophy more broadly.
