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Fathers and Sons in Athens: Ideology and Society in the Era of the Peloponnesian War (Revised)
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Title: Fathers and Sons in Athens: Ideology and Society in the Era of the Peloponnesian War (Revised)
Author: Barry S Strauss
ISBN: 9780691015910
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1997
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
History 1650088
Publisher Description:
Father-son conflict was for the Athenians a topic of widespread interest that touched the core of both family and political life, particularly during times of social upheaval. Barry Strauss explores the tensions experienced by a society that cherished both youthful independence and paternal authority. He examines father-son relationships within the Athenian family and the way these relations were presented in a wide variety of political and literary texts. In emphasizing the blurring of boundaries between family and state, or private and public, in Athens, Strauss encourages us to reflect anew on the distinction between these concepts and on the difficulties of putting that distinction into practice today."This work is exciting and important not only for its thesis but for the new and often exhilarating way in which we see language and history and texts combined and interpreted." Thomas M. Falkner, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Particularly noteworthy is Strauss's lucid demonstration of how the rhetoric of familial breakdown informed political discourse in the wake of the disastrous Athenian defeat in Sicily.... One of the most original and interesting works on classical Athens to appear in years." Stanley M. Burstein, The Historian"The best study in print of father-son relations in Athens." James M. Williams, History: Reviews of New Books
Author: Barry S Strauss
ISBN: 9780691015910
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1997
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
History 1650088
Publisher Description:
Father-son conflict was for the Athenians a topic of widespread interest that touched the core of both family and political life, particularly during times of social upheaval. Barry Strauss explores the tensions experienced by a society that cherished both youthful independence and paternal authority. He examines father-son relationships within the Athenian family and the way these relations were presented in a wide variety of political and literary texts. In emphasizing the blurring of boundaries between family and state, or private and public, in Athens, Strauss encourages us to reflect anew on the distinction between these concepts and on the difficulties of putting that distinction into practice today."This work is exciting and important not only for its thesis but for the new and often exhilarating way in which we see language and history and texts combined and interpreted." Thomas M. Falkner, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Particularly noteworthy is Strauss's lucid demonstration of how the rhetoric of familial breakdown informed political discourse in the wake of the disastrous Athenian defeat in Sicily.... One of the most original and interesting works on classical Athens to appear in years." Stanley M. Burstein, The Historian"The best study in print of father-son relations in Athens." James M. Williams, History: Reviews of New Books
