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Tyrants and tyranny are more than the antithesis of democracy and the mark of political failure: they are a dynamic response to social and political pressures. This book examines the autocratic rulers and dynasties of classical Greece and Rome and the changing concepts of tyranny in political thought and culture. It brings together historians, political theorists and philosophers, all offering new perspectives on the autocratic governments of the ancient world. The volume is divided into four parts. Part I looks at the ways in which the term 'tyranny' was used and understood, and the kinds of individual who were called tyrants. Part II focuses on the genesis of tyranny and the social and political circumstances in which tyrants arose. The chapters in Part III examine the presentation of tyrants by themselves and in literature and history. Part IV discusses the achievements of episodic tyranny within the non-autocratic regimes of Sparta and Rome and of autocratic regimes in Persia and the western Mediterranean world. Written by a wide range of leading experts in their field, Ancient Tyranny offers a new and comparative study of tyranny within Greek, Roman and Persian society.
Dictators --- History --- Greece --- Rome --- Politics and government
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Communication --- History. --- History --- Greece --- Grèce --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- Politique et gouvernement --- Conditions sociales --- Grèce --- To 146 B.C.
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Women --- Women in art. --- Pottery, Greek --- Femmes --- Femmes dans l'art --- Céramique grecque --- History --- Sources. --- Themes, motives. --- Histoire --- Sources --- Jusqu'à 500 --- Thèmes, motifs --- Céramique grecque --- Jusqu'à 500 --- Thèmes, motifs --- Women in art --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Greek pottery --- Classical antiquities --- Pottery, Classical --- Themes, motives
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Here Sian Lewis considers the full range of female existence in classical Greece - childhood and old age, unfree and foreign status, and the ageless woman characteristic of Athenian red-figure painting.Ceramics are an unparalleled resource for women's lives in ancient Greece, since they show a huge number of female types and activities. Yet it can be difficult to interpret the meanings of these images, especially when they seem to conflict with literary sources.This much-needed study shows that it is vital to see the vases as archaeology as well as art, since context is the ke
Athens. --- Greece. --- History. --- Vase painting, Greek. --- Vases, Greek. --- Women. --- Women in art. --- Women --- Women in art --- Pottery, Greek --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Gender Studies & Sexuality --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Greek pottery --- Classical antiquities --- Pottery, Classical --- History --- Themes, motives
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Ce collectif, réunissant des communications présentées au septième congrès des études classiques celtes à Bordeaux (Seventh Celtic Classics Conference), constitue une nouvelle approche du concept de "tyrannie" dans le monde antique par un dépistage de l'idée et de l'image du tyran dans la culture politique gréco-romaine. Les contributeurs examinent gouvernants et régimes, de la Grèce classique à la Rome impériale, en s'attachant particulièrement à la période hellénistique, pour laquelle on commence seulement à s'intéresser au rôle de la tyrannie, et aux manières dont la tyrannie était médiatisée par la communauté politique.0Les contributeurs traitent également de l'image du tyran en philosophie et dans la littérature et aux conséquences de ces idées sur les gouvernants et les institutions.
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"The Culture of Animals and Antiquity provides students and researchers with well-chosen and clearly-presented ancient sources in translation, some of which may be well-known, and others undoubtedly unfamiliar, but all central to a key area of study in ancient history -the part played by animals in the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, practical and cultural. It brings new ideas to bear on the wealth of evidence, literary, historical and archaeological, which we possess for the experiences and roles of animals in the ancient world." --
Animal culture --- Animal culture. --- Animals --- Antike. --- Human-animal relationships --- Kultur. --- Tiere --- Tiere. --- History --- Social aspects --- History. --- Social aspects. --- Source. --- To 476. --- Mediterranean Region. --- Human-animal relationship --- Sources.
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Vases, Greek --- Vases grecs --- Congresses --- Congrès --- Vase-painting, Greek --- Congrès --- Congresses. --- Greek vases
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