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Revenge In Athenian Culture | 
 enlarge | Author: Fiona Mchardy
Publisher: Duckworth Publishers
Category: Book
Buy New: $70.00
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Sales Rank: 4241292
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0715635697
Dewey Decimal Number: 938.404
EAN: 9780715635698
ASIN: 0715635697
Publication Date: February 29, 2008
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Product Description
Revenge was an all important part of the ancient Athenian mentality, intruding on all forms of life - even where we might not expect to find it today. Revenge was of prime importance as a means of survival for the people of early Greece and remained in force as a cultural emotion during the rise of the poleis, even when the socio-political situation allowed people to live together more peaceably. A key reason for this was the concept of revenge as justice , which survived strongly in Athens even after the rise of the law-courts. Only the radical thoughts of Plato suggested that revenge was immoral and did not constitute justice. Nevertheless, this does not mean that all forms of revenge were seen as equally acceptable in Athens. Through a close examination of the texts, a more complex picture of how the Athenian people viewed revenge emerges.
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