City of Suppliants Tragedy and the Athenian Empire |
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| Author:
| Tzanetou, Angeliki |
| ISBN: | 978-0-292-75432-4 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Texas Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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With close readings of suppliant dramas by each of the major playwrights, this book explores how Greek tragedy used tales of foreign supplicants to promote, question, and negotiate the imperial ideology of Athens as a benevolent and moral ruling city.
With close readings of suppliant dramas by each of the major playwrights, this book explores how Greek tragedy used tales of foreign supplicants to promote, question, and negotiate the imperial ideology of Athens as a benevolent and moral ruling city.