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Performing Interpersonal Violence

Court, Curse, And Comedy In Fourth-Century Bce Athens

by Werner Riess
language: english
Publisher: De Gruyter, January of 2012 ‧
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This book offers the first attempt at understanding interpersonal violence in ancient Athens. Speeches and curse tablets not only spoke about violence, but also exacted it, 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.

Performing Interpersonal Violence

Court, Curse, And Comedy In Fourth-Century Bce Athens

by Werner Riess

Property Description
ISBN: 9783110245592
Publisher: De Gruyter
Release Date: January of 2012
Language: English
Dimensions: 155 x 230 x 20 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 490
Format: Book
Collection: Mythoseikonpoiesis
Categories: Books in English > History > History of Europe
Books in English > Fiction > History of Literature
EAN: 9783110245592