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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law courts, and overlook the role that informal social practices played in the regulation of the political order. Sara Forsdyke argues, by contrast, that various forms of popular culture in ancient Greece--including festival revelry, oral storytelling, and popular forms of justice--were a vital medium for political expression and played an important role in the negotiation of relations between elites and masses, as well as masters and slaves, in the Greek city-states. Although these fo. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Greek literature -- History and criticism.
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Greek literature. |
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Popular culture -- Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C.
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Popular culture. |
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Greece. |
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History. |
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To 146 B.C |
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Oral tradition -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
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Oral tradition. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Literature and society -- Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C.
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Literature and society. |
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Greece -- Politics and government -- To 146 B.C.
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Politics and government. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Print version: Forsdyke, Sara, 1967- Slaves tell tales. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012 9780691140056 (DLC) 2011044725 (OCoLC)761850986 |
| ISBN |
9781400842155 (electronic book) |
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1400842158 (electronic book) |
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9780691140056 |
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0691140057 |
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