The Invention of Athens: The Funeral Oration in the Classical City

by Nicole Loraux

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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.

How does the funeral oration relate to democracy in ancient Greece? How did the death of an individual citizen-soldier become the occasion to praise the city of Athens? In The Invention of Athens, Nicole Loraux traces...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1890951595

ISBN13:9781890951597

Release Date:March 2006

Publisher:Zone Books

Length:544 Pages

Weight:1.71 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Ancient Ancient & Classical Literature Communication & Journalism Greece Greek History Humanities Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature

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