War, democracy and culture in classical Athens
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Pritchard, David, 1970-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xviii, 460 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
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| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 16 Datensätze |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- The symbiosis between democracy and war : the case of ancient Athens / David M. Pritchard
- pt. 1. The impact of democracy on war
- Thucydides on Athens' democratic advantage in the Archidamian War / Josiah Ober
- Democratizing courage in classical Athens / Ryan K. Balot
- pt. 2. Military Innovations of the democracy
- Cavalry, democracy, and military thinking in classical Athens / Iain Spence
- Light troops in classical Athens / Matthew Trundle
- pt. 3. The fifth-century drama of war
- Affirming Athenian action : Euripides' portrayal of military activity and the limits of tragic instruction / Sophie Mills
- Ridiculing a popular war : old comedy and militarism in classical Athens / David Konstan
- pt. 4. War in fourth-century speeches
- War in the law-court : some Athenian discussions / Alastair J.L. Blanshard
- Athenian militarism and the recourse to war / Peter Hunt
- pt. 5. Soldiers in privately purchased art
- Democratic ideology, the events of war, and the iconography of Attic funerary sculpture / Robin Osborne
- The warrior loutrophoroi of fifth-century Athens / Patricia Hannah
- "I am Eurymedon" : tensions and ambiguities in Athenian war imagery / Margaret C. Miller
- pt. 5. Honouring the war dead
- Commemoration of the war dead in classical Athens : remembering defeat and victory / Polly Low
- Arete and the achievements of the war dead : the logic of praise in the Athenian funeral oration / Sumio Yoshitake
- Epilogue: Does democracy have a violent heart? / John Keane.
