Free speech in classical antiquity / edited by Ineke Sluiter & Ralph M. Rosen.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Sluiter, I. (Ineke)

Rosen, Ralph Mark.

Conference Name:

Penn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values (2nd : 2002 : University of Pennsylvania)

Penn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 254.

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 0169-8958 ; 254

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical literature--History and criticism--Congresses.

Classical literature.

Politics and literature--Greece--Congresses.

Politics and literature.

Law and literature--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Law and literature.

Politics and literature--Rome--Congresses.

Freedom of speech in literature--Congresses.

Freedom of speech in literature.

Freedom of speech--Greece--Congresses.

Freedom of speech.

Political oratory--Greece--Congresses.

Political oratory.

Freedom of speech--Rome--Congresses.

Political oratory--Rome--Congresses.

Oratory, Ancient--Congresses.

Oratory, Ancient.

Physical Description:

xii, 450 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This book contains a collection of essays on the notion of “Free Speech” in classical antiquity. The essays examine such concepts as “freedom of speech,” “self-expression,” and “censorship,” in ancient Greek and Roman culture from historical, philosophical, and literary perspectives. Among the many questions addressed are: what was the precise lexicographical valence of the ancient terms we routinely translate as \'Freedom of Speech,\' e.g., Parrhesia in Greece, Licentia in Rome? What relationship do such terms have with concepts such as isêgoria , dêmokratia and eleutheria ; or libertas , res publica and imperium ? What does ancient theorizing about free speech tell us about contemporary relationships between power and speech? What are the philosophical foundations and ideological underpinnings of free speech in specific historical contexts?

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Ineke Sluiter and Ralph M. Rosen

GENERAL INTRODUCTION / Ineke Sluiter and Ralph Rosen

NEREIDS, COLONIES AND THE ORIGINS OF ISEGORIA / Jeremy McInerney

ARISTOCRACY AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD / Kurt A. Raaflaub

BINDING SPEECHES: GIVING VOICE TO DEADLY THOUGHTS IN GREEK EPITAPHS / Eric Casey

WOMEN’S FREE SPEECH IN GREEK TRAGEDY / Hanna M. Roisman

AISCHROLOGY, SHAME, AND COMEDY / Stephen Halliwell

HARASSING THE SATIRIST: THE ALLEGED ATTEMPTS TO PROSECUTE ARISTOPHANES / Alan H. Sommerstein

MAKING WORDS COUNT: FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND NARRATIVE IN THUCYDIDES / Emily Greenwood

CITIZEN ATTRIBUTE, NEGATIVE RIGHT: A CONCEPTUAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANCIENT AND MODERN IDEAS OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH / D.M. Carter

THE POWER TO SPEAK —AND NOT TO LISTEN— IN ANCIENT ATHENS / Robert W. Wallace

FREE SPEECH, COURAGE, AND DEMOCRATIC DELIBERATION / Ryan K. Balot

SPEAKER-AUDIENCE INTERACTION IN ATHENS: A POWER STRUGGLE / Joseph Roisman

SOCRATIC PARRHESIA AND ITS AFTERLIFE IN PLATO’S LAWS / Marlein van Raalte

ΠΑΡΡΗΣΙΑ IN ARISTOTLE / J.J. Mulhern

FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE ROMAN REPUBLICAN ARMY / Stefan G. Chrissanthos

SPEAKING BEFORE SUPERIORS: ORPHEUS IN VERGIL AND OVID / Victoria Pagán

HISTORIOGRAPHY AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH: THE CASE OF CREMUTIUS CORDUS / Mary R. McHugh

LIBERTAS OR LICENTIA? FREEDOM AND CRITICISM IN ROMAN SATIRE / Susanna Morton Braund

INDEX OF GREEK TERMS / Ineke Sluiter and Ralph M. Rosen

INDEX OF LATIN TERMS / Ineke Sluiter and Ralph M. Rosen

INDEX LOCORUM / Ineke Sluiter and Ralph M. Rosen

GENERAL INDEX / Ineke Sluiter and Ralph M. Rosen.

Notes:

Consists of a collection of papers presented at the second Penn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values, held in June 2002 at the University of Pennsylvania.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-91535-8

9786610915354

90-474-0568-4

1-4294-0841-3

OCLC:

73804501

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047405689 DOI