Performing interpersonal violence : court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens /

This book offers the first attempt at understanding interpersonal violence in ancient Athens. While the archaic desire for revenge persisted into the classical period, it was channeled by the civil discourse of the democracy. Forensic speeches, curse tablets, and comedy display a remarkable openness...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Riess, Werner
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New York : De Gruyter, 2012.
Series:	MythosEikonPoiesis ; Bd. 4.
Subjects:	Theater > Greece > History > To 500. Violence in the theater. Violence > Greece > Athens > History. Théâtre > Grèce > Histoire > Jusqu'à 500. Violence au théâtre. Violence > Grèce > Athènes > Histoire. LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical. Theater Violence Violence in the theater Greece Greece > Athens To 500 Classics. Electronic books. History
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Acknowledgments
Contents
I. Introduction
II. Forensic Speeches
III. Curse Tablets
IV. Old and New Comedy
V. Conclusions
VI. References
Index Locorum
General Index.