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Insults in Classical Athens
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Pages: 283
Authors: Deborah Kamen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-08-25 - Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press

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Scholarly investigations of the rich field of verbal and extraverbal Athenian insults have typically been undertaken piecemeal. Deborah Kamen provides an overvi
Status in Classical Athens
Language: en
Pages: 161
Authors: Deborah E Kamen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-07-21 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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Ancient Greek literature, Athenian civic ideology, and modern classical scholarship have all worked together to reinforce the idea that there were three neatly
Comic Invective in Ancient Greek and Roman Oratory
Language: en
Pages: 310
Authors: Sophia Papaioannou
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-08-02 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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This volume acknowledges the centrality of comic invective in a range of oratorical institutions (especially forensic and symbouleutic), and aspires to enhance
Law, Violence, and Community in Classical Athens
Language: en
Pages: 230
Authors: David Cohen
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-10-05 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Using comparative anthropological and historical perspectives, this analysis of the legal regulation of violence in Athenian society challenges traditional acco
Slavery and Sexuality in Classical Antiquity
Language: en
Pages: 343
Authors: Deborah Kamen
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06-29 - Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres

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Slavery and sexuality in the ancient world are well researched on their own, yet rarely have they been examined together. Chapters address a wealth of art, lite