Drama Oratory and Thucydides in Fifth Century Athens Teaching Imperial Lessons 1st Edition by Sophie Mills ISBN 0815365926 9780815365921

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ISBN 10: 0815365926 

ISBN 13: 9780815365921

Author:  Sophie Mills 

This study centres on the rhetoric of the Athenian empire, Thucydides’ account of the Peloponnesian War and the notable discrepancies between his assessment of Athens and that found in tragedy, funeral orations and public art.

Mills explores the contradiction between Athenian actions and their self-representation, arguing that Thucydides’ highly critical, cynical approach to the Athenian empire does not reflect how the average Athenian saw his city’s power. The popular education of the Athenians, as presented to them in funeral speeches, drama and public art told a very different story from that presented by Thucydides’ history, and it was far more palatable to ordinary Athenians since it offered them a highly flattering portrayal of their city and, by extension, each individual who made up that city.

Drama, Oratory and Thucydides in Fifth-Century Athens: Teaching Imperial Lessons offers a fascinating insight into Athenian self-representation and will be of interest to anyone working on classical Athens, the Greek polis and classical historiography.

Table of contents:

1. The Athenian… Empire?

2. Tragedy and Athens: Aeschylus and Sophocles

3. Euripides, Empire and War

4. Aristophanic Archē

5. Thucydides: What Was Really Said?

6. Thucydides’ Athens: Λόγῳ μέν… Ἔργωι δέ

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Tags: Sophie Mills, Drama, Oratory, Thucydides, Fifth Century Athens, Teaching, Imperial Lessons