| Performance Culture and Athenian Democracy Contributor(s): Goldhill, Simon (Editor), Osborne, Robin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521642477 ISBN-13: 9780521642477 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 938.5 |
| LCCN: 98-38083 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6" W x 9" (1.76 lbs) 430 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These new and especially commissioned essays discuss the ways in which performance is central to the practice and ideology of democracy in classical Athens. From theater to law court to gymnasium to symposium, performance is a basic part of Athenian society; how do these different areas interrelate and inform the politics and culture of the democratic city? Drama, rhetoric, philosophy, literature and art are all discussed by leading scholars in this interdisciplinary volume. |