The Rhetoric and Conceptualization of Enmity in Classical Athens
Author: Andrew T. Alwine
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Published: 2010
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHowever, aggressive violent behavior was, in the Athenian imagination, limited by democratic ideology and institutions. Previous discussions of enmity have posited competing "codes," one agonistic and one restrained, but this dichotomy is rejected here. The Athenians consistently maintained that they were non-violent and gentle toward one another. Athens was thus a city with two seemingly contradictory aspects. Athenians conceptualized their society as feuding society, although relatively non-violent.