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Insults in Classical Athens (Hardcover, 1) Loot Price: R2,927
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Insults in Classical Athens (Hardcover, 1): Deborah Kamen

Insults in Classical Athens (Hardcover, 1)

Deborah Kamen

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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Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics
Release date: August 2020
Authors: Deborah Kamen
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Edition: 1
ISBN-13: 978-0-299-32800-9
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN: 0-299-32800-7
Barcode: 9780299328009

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