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Sophocles' Ajax is one of the most disturbing and powerful of the surviving ancient tragedies. But it is also difficult to understand and interpret. What are we to make of its protagonist's extremism? Does Ajax deserve the isolation and divine punishment he experiences? Why is his state of mind so difficult to determine? Dr. Hesk offers answers to these and many other questions by drawing together the very latest critical work on the play. He introduces the reader to key frames for its interpretation, including Sophoclean heroism, language, and form; Homeric intertextuality and Athens' "masculinist" culture, and the twentieth-century reception of Ajax.
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This book, first published in 2000, is a full-length study of the representation of deceit and lies in classical Athens. Dr Hesk traces the ways in which Athenian drama, democratic oratory and elite prose-writing construct and theorize a relationship between dishonesty and civic identity. He focuses on the ideology of military trickery, notions of the 'noble lie' and the developing associations of rhetorical language with deceptive communication. Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens combines close analysis of Athenian texts with lively critiques of modern theorists and classical scholars. Athenian democratic culture was crucially informed by a nuanced, anxious and dynamic discourse on the problems and opportunities which deception presented for its citizenry. Mobilizing comparisons with twentieth-century democracies, the author argues that Athenian literature made deception a fundamental concern for democratic citizenship. This ancient discourse on lying highlights the dangers of modern resignation and postmodern complacency concerning the politics and morality of deception.
CIVILIZAÇÃO GREGA (POLÍTICA). --- DEMOCRACIA --- Deception --- Deception. --- Democracy --- Democracy. --- Democratie. --- Demokratie. --- Déception (science militaire) --- Déception. --- Démocratie --- Griekse oudheid. --- Misleiding. --- Rhetorik. --- Tromperie --- Täuschung. --- Athen. --- Athens (Greece) --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Greece --- Griechisch. --- History. --- Politique et gouvenement. --- -Democracy --- -Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Chicanery --- Deceit --- Subterfuge --- Truthfulness and falsehood --- Intrigue --- Self-government --- Arts and Humanities --- History
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