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. Performances such as the staging of trials and comedies ritually defined t...
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| description | 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. Performances such as the staging of trials and comedies ritually defined the meaning of violence and its appropriate application. Speeches and curse tablets not only spoke about violence, but also exacted it, deriving its legitimate use from a democratic principle, the communal decision of the human jurors in the first case and the underworld gods in the second. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-560072024-04-02T13:59:03Z Performing Interpersonal Violence. Court, Curse, and Comedy in Fourth-Century BCE Athens Riess, Werner D51-90 Violence Conflict Ritual Performance Revenge thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history 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. Performances such as the staging of trials and comedies ritually defined the meaning of violence and its appropriate application. Speeches and curse tablets not only spoke about violence, but also exacted it, deriving its legitimate use from a democratic principle, the communal decision of the human jurors in the first case and the underworld gods in the second. 2021-02-11T22:35:25Z 2021-02-11T22:35:25Z 2018-02-21 11:02:20 2012 book 25480 18685080 9783110245608 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/56007 eng MythosEikonPoiesis image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110245608 De Gruyter 10.1515/9783110245608 10.1515/9783110245608 af2fbfcc-ee87-43d8-a035-afb9d7eef6a5 969f21b5-ac00-4517-9de2-44973eec6874 9783110245608 490 101080 Knowledge Unlatched open access |
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