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Insults in Classical Athens (Paperback)
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Insults in Classical Athens (Paperback)
Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics
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Scholarly investigations of the rich field of verbal and
extraverbal Athenian insults have typically been undertaken
piecemeal. Deborah Kamen provides an overview of this vast terrain
and synthesizes the rules, content, functions, and consequences of
insulting fellow Athenians. The result is the first volume to map
out the full spectrum of insults, from obscene banter at festivals,
to invective in the courtroom, to slander and even hubristic
assaults on another's honor. While the classical city celebrated
the democratic equality of "autochthonous" citizens, it counted a
large population of noncitizens as inhabitants, so that ancient
Athenians developed a preoccupation with negotiating, affirming,
and restricting citizenship. Kamen raises key questions about what
it meant to be a citizen in democratic Athens and demonstrates how
insults were deployed to police the boundaries of acceptable
behavior. In doing so, she illuminates surprising differences
between antiquity and today and sheds light on the ways a
democratic society valuing "free speech" can nonetheless curb
language considered damaging to the community as a whole.
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