The Athenian Adonia in 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 Athenian Adonia in Context write by Laurialan Reitzammer. This book was released on 2016-05-11. The Athenian Adonia in Context available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A fresh examination of a marginalized women's festival that influenced Athenian art, drama, philosophy, and public institutions.
The Discourse of Marriage in the Greco-Roman World
The Discourse of Marriage in the Greco-Roman World - 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 Discourse of Marriage in the Greco-Roman World write by Jeffrey Beneker. This book was released on 2020-08-25. The Discourse of Marriage in the Greco-Roman World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The famous polymath Plutarch often discussed the relationship between spouses in his works, including Marriage Advice, Dialogue on Love, and many of the Parallel Lives. In this collection, leading scholars explore the marital views expressed in Plutarch's works and the art, philosophy, and literature produced by his contemporaries and predecessors. Through aesthetically informed and sensitive modes of analysis, these contributors examine a wealth of representations—including violence in weddings and spousal devotion after death. The Discourse of Marriage in the Greco-Roman World demonstrates the varying conceptions of an institution that was central to ancient social and political life—and remains prominent in the modern world. This volume will contribute to scholars' understanding of the era and fascinate anyone interested in historic depictions of marriage and the role and status of women in the late Hellenistic and early Imperial periods.
Athens 415
Athens 415 - 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 Athens 415 write by Clara S. Hardy. This book was released on 2020. Athens 415 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On a summer night in 415 BCE, unknown persons systematically mutilated most of the domestic "herms"--guardian statues of the god Hermes--in Athens. The reaction was immediate and extreme: the Athenians feared a terrifying conspiracy was underway against the city and its large fleet--and possibly against democracy itself. The city established a board of investigators, which led to informants, accusations, and flight by many of the accused. Ultimately, dozens were exiled or executed, their property confiscated. This dramatic period offers the opportunity to observe the city in crisis. Sequential events allow us to see the workings of the major institutions of the city (assembly, council, law courts, and theater, as well as public and private religion). Remarkably, the primary sources for these tumultuous months name conspirators from a very wide range of status-groups: citizens, women, slaves, and free residents. Thus the incident provides a particularly effective entry-point into a full multifaceted view of the way Athens worked in the late fifth century. Designed for classroom use, Athens 415 is no potted history, but rather a source-based presentation of ancient urban life ideal for the study of a people and their institutions and beliefs. Original texts--all translated by poet Robert B. Hardy--are presented along with thoughtful discussion and analyses by Clara Shaw Hardy in an engaging narrative that draws students into Athens' crisis.
Tragic Rites
Tragic Rites - 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 Tragic Rites write by Adriana E. Brook. This book was released on 2018. Tragic Rites available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An analysis of the literary and dramatic function of ritual within the world of Sophocles' plays, for scholars of Greek tragedy, ancient theater, and poetics.
The Byzantine Warrior Hero
The Byzantine Warrior Hero - 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 Byzantine Warrior Hero write by Chrysovalantis Kyriacou. This book was released on 2020-12-16. The Byzantine Warrior Hero available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Chrysovalantis Kyriacou examines how memories of the pre-Christian past, Christian militarism, power struggles, and ethnoreligious encounters have left their long-term imprint on Cypriot culture. One of the most impressive examples of this phenomenon is the preservation and transformative adaptation of Byzantine heroic themes, motifs, and symbols in Cypriot folk songs. By combining a variety of written sources and archaeological material in his interdisciplinary examination, the author reconstructs the image of the Byzantine warrior hero in the songs, recovering the mentalities of overshadowed social protagonists and stressing the role of subaltern communities as active agents in the shaping of history.
