Vendeur : Ancient World Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Very minor pencilling to a couple of pages. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear with chipping. DJ spine is a little browned and faded. ; 512 pages; How does the funeral oration relate to democracy in ancient Greece? How did the death of an individual citizen-soldier become the occasion to praise the city of Athens? In The Invention of Athens, Nicole Loraux traces the different rhetoric, politics, and ideology of funeral orations--epitaphioi--from Thucydides, Gorgias, Lysias, and Demosthenes to Plato. Arguing that the ceremony of public burial began circa 508-460 BCE, Loraux demonstrates that the institution of the funeral oration developed under Athenian democracy. A secular, not a religious phenomenon, a literary genre with fixed rhetoric effects, the funeral oration was inextricably linked to the epainos--praise of the city--rather than to a ritualized lament for the dead as is commonly assumed. Above all, the funeral oration celebrated the city of Athens and the Athenian citizen. Loraux interprets the speeches from literary, anthropological, and political perspectives. She explains how these acts of secular speech invented an image of Athens often at odds with the presumed ideals of democracy. To die in battle for the city was presented as an act of civic choice--the "fine" death that defined the citizen-soldier's noble, aristocratic ethos. At the same time, the funeral oration cultivated an image of democracy at a time when there was, for example, no formal theory of a respect for law and liberty, the supremacy of the collective and public over the individual and the private, or freedom of speech. N° de réf. du vendeur 38128
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Vendeur : Ancient World Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Very minor shelfwear to book. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear. DJ spine is a little browned and faded. ; 512 pages; How does the funeral oration relate to democracy in ancient Greece? How did the death of an individual citizen-soldier become the occasion to praise the city of Athens? In The Invention of Athens, Nicole Loraux traces the different rhetoric, politics, and ideology of funeral orations--epitaphioi--from Thucydides, Gorgias, Lysias, and Demosthenes to Plato. Arguing that the ceremony of public burial began circa 508-460 BCE, Loraux demonstrates that the institution of the funeral oration developed under Athenian democracy. A secular, not a religious phenomenon, a literary genre with fixed rhetoric effects, the funeral oration was inextricably linked to the epainos--praise of the city--rather than to a ritualized lament for the dead as is commonly assumed. Above all, the funeral oration celebrated the city of Athens and the Athenian citizen. Loraux interprets the speeches from literary, anthropological, and political perspectives. She explains how these acts of secular speech invented an image of Athens often at odds with the presumed ideals of democracy. To die in battle for the city was presented as an act of civic choice--the "fine" death that defined the citizen-soldier's noble, aristocratic ethos. At the same time, the funeral oration cultivated an image of democracy at a time when there was, for example, no formal theory of a respect for law and liberty, the supremacy of the collective and public over the individual and the private, or freedom of speech. N° de réf. du vendeur 35438
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Vendeur : Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Very good hardcover with DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Interior appears free of markings. Dust jacket is Very Good with only light shelfwear, arrives protected in New Mylar wraps. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. N° de réf. du vendeur 297112
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Vendeur : Antiquariat Stefan Wulf, Berlin, Allemagne
Oktav. Org.-Ganzleinen mit Org.-SU, vi (+iv), 479 (+1) S., sehr wohlerhaltenes Exemplar. ISBN 0674463625. - ENGLISH: Octavo, publisher's full cloth with publisher's illustr. dustjacket, vi (+iv), 479 (+1) pp., a very well preserved copy. ISBN 0674463625. - ENGLISH: Octavo, publisher's full cloth with publisher's illustr. dustjacket, vi (+iv), 479 (+1) pp., a very well preserved copy. 1001 g. N° de réf. du vendeur 10753-0409
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Vendeur : monobooks, Waterford, MI, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. 1st US edition. First US edition 1986, first printing, number line starts with 1, translated from French edition (1981). Published by Harvard University Press. Hardcover in full cloth with DJ. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, no edgewear, sharp corners, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ as new, bright, no tears no chips, no edgewear, not clipped. 8vo, 512 pages. Heavy book will require additional postage for international orders. N° de réf. du vendeur 012630
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Vendeur : Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, Etats-Unis
ISBN 0-674-46362-5. Hardback. First Printing. Very Good to Near Fine Condition book with dust soiling to top edge, in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. Copy Three. N° de réf. du vendeur 139177
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Vendeur : SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, Etats-Unis
Etat : New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. N° de réf. du vendeur 0674463625
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