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Carol Atack deposited Imagined Superpowers: Isocrates’ Opposition of Athens and Sparta in the group
Greek and Roman Intellectual History on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoIsocrates has been comparatively neglected as a source for political and cultural history and theory. However, the many works of his long career show a continuing
engagement with Athenian political culture and the education of its political class, and his assessment of Sparta is significant for both of these. He imagines and explores the struggle…[Read more] -
Carol Atack deposited Imagined Superpowers: Isocrates’ Opposition of Athens and Sparta in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoIsocrates has been comparatively neglected as a source for political and cultural history and theory. However, the many works of his long career show a continuing
engagement with Athenian political culture and the education of its political class, and his assessment of Sparta is significant for both of these. He imagines and explores the struggle…[Read more] -
Carol Atack deposited Imagined Superpowers: Isocrates’ Opposition of Athens and Sparta on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
Isocrates has been comparatively neglected as a source for political and cultural history and theory. However, the many works of his long career show a continuing
engagement with Athenian political culture and the education of its political class, and his assessment of Sparta is significant for both of these. He imagines and explores the struggle…[Read more] -
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Carol Atack deposited “Cyrus appeared both great and good”: Xenophon and the Performativity of Kingship in the group
Greek and Roman Intellectual History on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agon this chapter, Atack argues that Xenophon’s depiction of the performance of kingship by Cyrus (Cyropaedia), Agesilaus (Hellenica, Agesilaus), and other kings contains an evaluative model that explores alternative techniques a ruler can use to persuade others to be ruled. By deploying frameworks of performativity and spectacle derived from J…[Read more]
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Carol Atack deposited “Cyrus appeared both great and good”: Xenophon and the Performativity of Kingship in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agon this chapter, Atack argues that Xenophon’s depiction of the performance of kingship by Cyrus (Cyropaedia), Agesilaus (Hellenica, Agesilaus), and other kings contains an evaluative model that explores alternative techniques a ruler can use to persuade others to be ruled. By deploying frameworks of performativity and spectacle derived from J…[Read more]
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Carol Atack deposited “Cyrus appeared both great and good”: Xenophon and the Performativity of Kingship on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
n this chapter, Atack argues that Xenophon’s depiction of the performance of kingship by Cyrus (Cyropaedia), Agesilaus (Hellenica, Agesilaus), and other kings contains an evaluative model that explores alternative techniques a ruler can use to persuade others to be ruled. By deploying frameworks of performativity and spectacle derived from J…[Read more]
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Kenneth Mayer replied to the topic Do student preferences and classroom dynamics shape scholarly disciplines? in the discussion
Education and Pedagogy on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoThe schoolboys’ revenge: how the golden line entered classical scholarship, Classical Receptions Journal,, Volume 12, Issue 2, April 2020, Pages 248–278, https://doi.org/10.1093/crj/clz029
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion: Death and Reciprocity in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis volume presents a case for how and why people in archaic and classical Greece worshipped Underworld gods.
These gods are often portrayed as malevolent and transgressive, giving an impression that ancient worshippers derived little or no benefit from developing ongoing relationships with them. In this book, the first book-length study that…[Read more]
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion: Death and Reciprocity in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis volume presents a case for how and why people in archaic and classical Greece worshipped Underworld gods.
These gods are often portrayed as malevolent and transgressive, giving an impression that ancient worshippers derived little or no benefit from developing ongoing relationships with them. In this book, the first book-length study that…[Read more]
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