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1 online resource (xii, 269 pages) : illustrations |
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880-01 Cultural Perceptions of Violence in the Hellenistic World- Front Cover; Cultural Perceptions of Violence in the Hellenistic World; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of contributors; Chapter 1: 'War is the father and king of all': discourses, experiences, and theories of Hellenistic violence; Notes; References; Chapter 2: Violence, public space, and political power in the Hellenistic polis; Introduction; The policing of violence; Violent punishments on the public stage; Conflict and political murder in public space; Conclusion; Notes; References |
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880-01/Grek Situating Epicurean philosophy: some historiographical considerationsViolence and the language of Epicurean ethical goals: ἀσφάλεια and ἀταραξία; Epicurus on ἀσφάλεια: withdrawal from violence or structures for peace; Justice, friendship, and causes of social violence; Epicurean ethics and Hellenistic violence; Notes; References; Chapter 10: Eros and the poetics of violence in Plato and Apollonius; Militant Eros: the god in Apollonius and Plato; Eros as a violent cosmic force; The battle of poets and philosophers: Apollonius' response to Plato; Notes; References |
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Chapter 3: Ideology of war and expansion? A study of the education of young men in Hellenistic gymnasiaIntroduction; Athens: expanding the fatherland; Ephebeia and war in the Hellenistic world; The transfer of weapons to young people; Rivalry: a reigning principle of life in the gymnasium; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4: Poleis on the brink: violence and Greek public finances in Ps.-Aristotle's Oikonomika II; Pseudo-Aristotle's Oikonomika II; The two parts of the Oikonomika II; The examples in Oikonomika II; The world of the examples in the Oikonomika II |
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The time of the examples in the Oikonomika IIThe world of the Greek polis; The revenues of the Greek polis; The expenditures of the Greek polis; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Kings and gods: divine narratives in Hellenistic violence; Vulnerabilities; Athens and the divine Poliorcetes; Poliorcetes the destructive god; Harnessing and directing violence; Harnessing and diverting violence on the panhellenic stage; Notes; References; Chapter 6: Violence in the dark: emotional impact, representation, response; Introduction; Representation and emotional impact |
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Nocturnal violence and the lawResponses; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 7: Compassion and violence in Hellenistic New Comedy: the case of Terence's Self-Tormentor; Introduction: compassion and empathic concern; Priming compassion: the opening emotion script; Menedemus on a father's empathic failure; Chremes' pity and pretensions; Engendering compassion; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 8: Violence in Hellenistic sculpture; 'Sexual' violence; Notes; References; Chapter 9: 'A pleasure to gaze on great conflicts': violence and Epicurean philosophy |
| Summary |
Violence had long been central to the experience of Hellenistic Greek cities and to their civic discourses. This volume asks how these discourses were shaped and how they functioned within the particular cultural constructs of the Hellenistic world. It was a period in which warfare became more professionalised, and wars increasingly ubiquitous. The period also saw major changes in political structures that led to political and cultural experimentation and transformation in which the political and cultural heritage of the classical city-state encountered the new political principles and cosmopolitan cultures of Hellenism. Finally, and in a similar way, it saw expanded opportunities for cultural transfer in cities through (re)constructions of urban space. Violence thus entered the city through external military and political shocks, as well as within emerging social hierarchies and civic institutions. Such factors also inflected economic activity, religious practices and rituals, and the artistic, literary and philosophical life of the polis |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Violence -- Greece
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Civilization
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Violence
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| SUBJECT |
Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057041
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| Subject |
Greece
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Champion, Michael, editor
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O'Sullivan, Lara, editor
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| ISBN |
9781351803304 |
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1351803301 |
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9781315208329 |
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1315208326 |
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9781315208329 |
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9781351803311 |
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135180331X |
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9781351803298 |
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1351803298 |
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