The Invention of Athens
The Funeral Oration in the Classical City
$111.78
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
24 May 2006
Summary
A revised edition of a groundbreaking work tracing the rhetoric, politics, and ideology of funeral orations in ancient Greece, arguing that they served to celebrate the city of Athens and the Athenian citizen.How does the funeral oration relate to democracy in ancient Greece? How did the death of an individual citizen-soldier become the occasion to praise the city of Athens? In The Invention of Athens, Nicole Loraux traces the different rhetoric, politics, and ideology of funeral orations-…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781890951597 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1890951595 |
| Author: | Nicole Loraux, Alan Sheridan |
| Publisher: | Zone Books |
| Imprint: | Zone Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 24 May 2006 |
| Weight: | 748g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 32mm |
| Series: | The Invention of Athens |
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About The Author
Nicole Loraux
Nicole Loraux (1943-2003) was the author of The Divided City, The Children of Athena, The Experiences of Tiresias, Tragic Ways of Killing a Woman, and Mothers in Mourning, among other titles.
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