The Invention of Athens - by Nicole Loraux Paperback

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How does the funeral oration relate to democracy in ancient Greece?
Author(s): Nicole Loraux
544 Pages
Literary Criticism, Ancient & Classical

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A revised edition of a groundbreaking work tracing the rhetoric, politics, and ideology of funeral orations in ancient Greece, arguing that they served to celebrate the city of Athens and the Athenian citizen.

Book Synopsis

How does the funeral oration relate to democracy in ancient Greece? How did the death of an individual citizen-soldier become an occasion to praise the city of Athens? In The Invention of Athens, Nicole Loraux traces the different rhetoric, politics, and ideology of funeral orations from Thucidydes, Gorgias, Lysias, and Demosthenes to Plato.

This new edition of The Invention of Athens includes Loraux's significant revisions undertaken in 1993 to render this groundbreaking work accessible to nonspecialists. Loraux's introduction to this revised volume, as well as important revisions to the existent 1986 English translation, make this publication an important addition to scholarship in the humanities and the social sciences.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.3 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.65 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 544

Genre: Literary Criticism

Sub-Genre: Ancient & Classical

Publisher: Zone Books

Format: Paperback

Author: Nicole Loraux

Language: English

Street Date: March 17, 2006

TCIN: 86492734

UPC: 9781890951597

Item Number (DPCI): 247-38-3140

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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