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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455279103321

Autore

Strauss Barry S.

Titolo

Fathers and sons in Athens : ideology and society in the era of the Peloponnesian War / / Barry S. Strauss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1993

ISBN

1-134-95246-5

1-280-33126-7

9786610331260

0-203-03491-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Disciplina

880.9/355

Soggetti

Greek literature - History and criticism

Fathers and sons - Greece - Athens - History

Literature and society - Greece - Athens

Fathers and sons in literature

Electronic books.

Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C

Athens (Greece) In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: SOLIDARITY OR CONFLICT?; INTELLECTUAL PATERNITY; SOLIDARITY: PROUD FATHERS, OBEDIENT SONS; CONFLICT: THE SONS OF THESEUS; THE HOUR OF THE SON, CA. 450  414 BC; THE RETURN OF THE FATHER, 413  399 BC; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As history's first democracy, classical Athens invited political discourse. The Athenians, however could not completely separate the politicals from the private sphere; indeed father-son conflict, from patricide to murdering one's son, was a major public as well as a private theme. In a fascinating historical reappraisal, the author explores the consequences, for Athens and us, of the powerful influence of familial ideology on politics.