Performance culture and Athenian democracy
By: edited by Simon Goldhill and Robin Osborne.
Contributors: Goldhill, Simon.; Osborne, Robin, 1957-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
Subjects: Performance -- Social aspects -- Greece -- Athens.; Athens (Greece) -- Civilization.; Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
Description: These new and specially commissioned essays discuss the ways in which performance is central to the practice and ideology of democracy in classical Athens. From theatre to law-court to gymnasium to symposium, performance is a basic part of Athenian society; how do these different areas interrelate and inform the politics and culture of the democratic city? Drama, rhetoric, philosophy, literature and art are all discussed by leading scholars in this interdisciplinary volume.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 374-409) and index.