Drama, Oratory and Thucydides in Fifth-Century Athens Teaching Imperial Lessons Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies Series
Auteur : Mills Sophie
This study centres on the rhetoric of the Athenian empire, Thucydides? account of the Peloponnesian War and the notable discrepancies between his assessment of Athens and that found in tragedy, funeral orations and public art.
Mills explores the contradiction between Athenian actions and their self-representation, arguing that Thucydides? highly critical, cynical approach to the Athenian empire does not reflect how the average Athenian saw his city?s power. The popular education of the Athenians, as presented to them in funeral speeches, drama and public art told a very different story from that presented by Thucydides? history, and it was far more palatable to ordinary Athenians since it offered them a highly flattering portrayal of their city and, by extension, each individual who made up that city.
Drama, Oratory and Thucydides in Fifth-Century Athens: Teaching Imperial Lessons offers a fascinating insight into Athenian self-representation and will be of interest to anyone working on classical Athens, the Greek polis and classical historiography.
1. The Athenian…Empire? 2. Tragedy and Athens: Aeschylus and Sophocles 3. Euripides, Empire and War 4. Aristophanic Archē 5. Thucydides: What Was Really Said? 6. Thucydides’ Athens: Λόγῳ μέν…Ἔργωι δε
Sophie Mills is Professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, USA.
Date de parution : 01-2023
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 03-2020
15.6x23.4 cm
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Mots-clés :
Young Men; Thucydides; Athenian Power; athenian self representation; Vice Versa; Thucydides and empire; Stoa Poikile; Classical athens; Creon; Athenian empire; Idealized Athens; Athens and imperialism; Athenian Virtue; 5th century athens; Violated; fifth century athens; Persian Wars; representations of athens in literature; Nicias; comedy and athenian values; Delian League; euripides and athenian values; Athenian Imperial; euripides and empire; Funeral Speech; athenian comedy; Peloponnesian War; greek tragedy and democracy; Athenian Rhetoric; greek tragedy and empire; Contemporary Athens; Aristophanic Comedy; Mytilenean Debate; Theban Herald; Euripidean Tragedy; Comic Fantasy; Imperial Rhetoric; Extant Tragedy; Trojan Women; Choral Ode