Название: Exile, Ostracism, and Democracy: The Politics of Expulsion in Ancient Greece
Автор: Sara Forsdyke
Издательство: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691119759
Год: 2005
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 344
Размер: 5,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

This book explores the cultural and political significance of ostracism in democratic Athens. In contrast to previous interpretations, Sara Forsdyke argues that ostracism was primarily a symbolic institution whose meaning for the Athenians was determined both by past experiences of exile and by its role as a context for the ongoing negotiation of democratic values.