Questo sito usa cookie di analytics per raccogliere dati in forma aggregata e cookie di terze parti per migliorare l'esperienza utente.
Leggi l'Informativa Cookie Policy completa.

Rare and modern books

Sternberg, Rachel Hall (Ed. )

PITY AND POWER IN ANCIENT ATHENS Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Cambridge University Press, 2005

35.00 €

Ancient World Books Bookshop

(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Ask for more info

Payment methods

Details

Year of publication
2005
Author
Sternberg, Rachel Hall (Ed. )
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Keyword
Athens & Athenians Social & Cultural Greek History
Cover description
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Binding description
Hardcover ISBN 0521845521

Description

Gift inscription from author to Jenifer Neils on ffep in ink. Faint creasing to upper corner of a few pages. Minor chipping to DJ. ; Arguing that the exercise of power in democratic Athens, especially during its brief fifth-century empire, raised troubling questions about the alleviation and infliction of suffering, this book examines how pity emerged as a timely topic in Atheninan culture. Ten essays examine the role of pity in the literature, art, and society of classical Athens by analyzing evidence from tragedy, philosophy, historiography, epic, oratory, vase painting, sculpture, and medical writings. Athenians had power and used it ruthlessly, but the infliction of suffering did not mesh well with their civic self-images. ; 9.0 X 6.3 X 1.0 inches; 370 pages; Signed by Author