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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461576603321

Autore

Alwine Andrew T.

Titolo

Enmity and feuding in Classical Athens / / Andrew T. Alwine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin : , : University of Texas Press, , 2015

ISBN

1-4773-0802-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Ashley and Peter Larkin Series in Greek and Roman culture

Disciplina

938/.504

Soggetti

Hostility (Psychology) - Greece - Athens

Vendetta - Greece - Athens

Law, Greek

Electronic books.

Athens (Greece) History

Athens (Greece) Social life and customs

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The social dimensions of enmity -- The rhetoric of enmity as a legal strategy -- The flexibility of the rhetoric of enmity -- Enmity under the law : the limits to vengeance -- Conclusion : personal enmity and public policy.