The political art of Greek tragedy /
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| Author / Creator: | Meier, Christian, 1929- |
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| Uniform title: | Politische Kunst der griechischen Tragödie. English |
| Imprint: | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. |
| Description: | 238 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1465086 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Why the Citizens of Athens Needed Tragedy
- 2. Athens. The sudden rise to power. Identity as citizens. Large-scale politics, radical democracy and accelerated change. The mental venture of politics
- 3. The Significance of the Festivals in Athens
- 4. Tragedy and the Festival of Dionysus
- 5. Aeschylus. The Persians. On the threshold of democracy. The Suppliants. The removal of power from the Areopagus. The Oresteia. Prometheus. The generation of the Persian War
- 6. Sophocles. Ajax. Antigone
- 7. The Political Foundations of Classicism.