{"product_id":"pity-and-power-in-ancient-athens-hardback-9780521845526","title":"Pity and Power in Ancient Athens (Hardback) 9780521845526","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePity and Power in Ancient Athens\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis text argues that the exercise of power in democratic Athens, especially during its brief fifth-century empire, raised troubling questions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRachel Hall Sternberg (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521845526, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 July 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e370 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16.2 x 3 cm, 0.845 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: '… it brings together experts is this field to give a broad range of views on the subject … an excellent introduction to the study of accient emotions and pity in particular … a very worthwhile contribution to the study of ancient emotions.' Journal of Classics Teaching\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAncient Athenians resemble modern Americans in their moral discomfort with empire. Athenians had power and used it ruthlessly, but the infliction of suffering did not mesh well with their civic self-image. Embracing the concepts of democracy and freedom, they proudly pitted themselves against tyranny and oppression, but in practice they were capable of being tyrannical. 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. The ten essays collectively examine the role of pity in the literature, art, and society of classical Athens by analysing evidence from tragedy, philosophy, historiography, epic, oratory, vase painting, sculpture, and medical writings.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The nature of pity Rachel Hall Sternberg\u003cbr\u003e 2. Pity and politics David Konstan\u003cbr\u003e 3. The pitiers and the pitied in Herodotus and Thucydides Donald Lateiner\u003cbr\u003e 4. A generous city: pity in Athenian oratory and tragedy\u003cbr\u003e 5. Athenian tragedy: an education in pity James F. Johnson and Douglas C. Clapp\u003cbr\u003e 6. Engendering the tragic Theates: pity, power, and spectacle in Sophocles' Trachiniae Thomas M. Falkner\u003cbr\u003e 7. Pity in classical Athenian vase painting John H. Oakley\u003cbr\u003e 8. The civic art of pity Aileen Ajootian\u003cbr\u003e 9. A crying shame: pitying the sick in the Hippocratic corpus and Greek tragedy Jennifer Clarke Kosak\u003cbr\u003e 10. Pity in Plutarch Christopher Pelling.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265233146136,"sku":"9780521845526","price":82.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521845526i.jpg?v=1692020826","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/pity-and-power-in-ancient-athens-hardback-9780521845526","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}