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Pity and Power in Ancient Athens
Rachel Hall Sternberg
Pity and Power in Ancient Athens
Rachel Hall Sternberg
Pity and Power in Ancient Athens argues that the exercise of power in democratic Athens, especially during its brief fifth-century empire, raised troubling questions about the alleviation and infliction of suffering, and pity emerged as a topic in Athenian culture at this time.
368 pages, 27 b/w illus.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 25, 2005 |
ISBN13 | 9780521845526 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Genre | Chronological Period > Ancient (To 499 A.d.) |
Pages | 370 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 24 mm · 845 g |
Language | English |
Editor | Hall Sternberg, Rachel (College of Wooster, Ohio) |
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