Tragedy Offstage : : Suffering and Sympathy in Ancient Athens / / Rachel Hall Sternberg.
Humane ideals were central to the image Athenians had of themselves and their city during the classical period. Tragic plays, which formed a part of civic education, often promoted pity and compassion. But it is less clear to what extent Athenians embraced such ideals in daily life. How were they ex...
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Sternberg, Rachel Hall, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Tragedy Offstage : Suffering and Sympathy in Ancient Athens / Rachel Hall Sternberg. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021] ©2006 1 online resource (250 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Home Nursing -- Two. The Ransom of Captives -- Three. Bystander Intervention -- Four. The Transport of Sick and Wounded Soldiers -- Five. The Judicial Torture of Slaves -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Indexes restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Humane ideals were central to the image Athenians had of themselves and their city during the classical period. Tragic plays, which formed a part of civic education, often promoted pity and compassion. But it is less clear to what extent Athenians embraced such ideals in daily life. How were they expected to respond, emotionally and pragmatically, to the suffering of other people? Under what circumstances? At what risk to themselves? In this book, Rachel Hall Sternberg draws on evidence from Greek oratory and historiography of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE to study the moral universe of the ancient Athenians: how citizens may have treated one another in times of adversity, when and how they were expected to help. She develops case studies in five spheres of everyday life: home nursing, the ransom of captives, intervention in street crimes, the long-distance transport of sick and wounded soldiers, and slave torture. Her close reading of selected narratives suggests that Athenians embraced high standards for helping behavior—at least toward relatives, friends, and some fellow citizens. Meanwhile, a subtle discourse of moral obligation strengthened the bonds that held Athenian society together, encouraging individuals to bring their personal behavior into line with the ideals of the city-state. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022) Caring Greece Athens History To 1500. Helping behavior Greece Athens History To 1500. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110745344 https://doi.org/10.7560/714168 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292794368 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292794368/original |
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