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Ideology of democratic Athens: institutions, orators and the mythical past / Matteo Barbato.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2020.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781474484510
  • 9781474466448
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • JC75 .I346 2020
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Contents:
2. Myth and Athenian democracy -- 3. The discursive parameters of Athenian democratic institutions -- 4. Exclusiveness and eugeneia in the myth of autochthony -- 5. Between charis and philanthrōpia: the Heraclidae -- 6. Fading shades of hybris: the Attic Amazonomachy -- 7. Combining hybris and philanthrōpia: the myth of Adrastus -- 8. Conclusions.
Subject: The debate on Athenian democratic ideology has long been polarised around two extremes. A Marxist tradition views ideology as a cover-up for Athens' internal divisions. Another tradition, sometimes referred to as culturalist, interprets it neutrally as the fixed set of ideas shared by the members of the Athenian community.
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The debate on Athenian democratic ideology has long been polarised around two extremes. A Marxist tradition views ideology as a cover-up for Athens' internal divisions. Another tradition, sometimes referred to as culturalist, interprets it neutrally as the fixed set of ideas shared by the members of the Athenian community.

1. Introduction -- 2. Myth and Athenian democracy -- 3. The discursive parameters of Athenian democratic institutions -- 4. Exclusiveness and eugeneia in the myth of autochthony -- 5. Between charis and philanthrōpia: the Heraclidae -- 6. Fading shades of hybris: the Attic Amazonomachy -- 7. Combining hybris and philanthrōpia: the myth of Adrastus -- 8. Conclusions.

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