Restoring and Overturning Athenian Democracy in Aristophanes: Paradigmatic Truths and 'Carnival Reversals'
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DOI: 10.1163/20512996-12340132
Abstract: The two historical examples used by Lysistrata in her peace speech (Ar. Lys. 1137-1156) are not comical distortions, but, just as in actual assembly orations, they rather represent a characteristic ‘modulation du paradigme’, according to… read more here.
Keywords: overturning athenian; restoring overturning; aristophanes paradigmatic; democracy ... See more keywords
Luca Asmonti, Athenian Democracy. A Sourcebook. (Bloomsbury Sources in Ancient History.) New York, Bloomsbury Academic 2015
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DOI: 10.1515/hzhz-2017-1284
Abstract: tenkollegium gab. Die Funktion dieses am besten bezeugten Amtes wird dagegen lapidar auf einer halben (!) Seite abgehandelt. Naheliegende politische oder militärische Aufgaben werden erst gar nicht in den Blick genommen, weil sie in den… read more here.
Keywords: die; den; asmonti athenian; bloomsbury ... See more keywords