Frankness, Greek culture, and the Roman Empire / Dana Fields.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fields, Dana Farah, 1980- author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Routledge monographs in classical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of speech--Rome.

Freedom of speech.

Power (Social sciences)--Rome.

Power (Social sciences).

Rhetoric--Political aspects--Rome.

Rhetoric.

Parrhēsia (The Greek word).

Rome--Civilization--Greek influences.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 236 pages).

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Dana Fields is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. She has published scholarship on a number of texts from the Roman imperial era, including works by Aelius Aristides, Dio Chrysostom, Lucian, Pliny, and Plutarch, as well as poetic fable collections.

Contents:

Parrhēsia, frankness, and post-classical politics

Speaking freely

Kings : frankness to power

Dēmos : rhetoric in the post-classical city

Elites : hierarchy, oligarchy, and friendship

Authorizing frankness : Lucian's satire

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 21, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version: Fields, Dana Farah, 1980- Frankness, Greek culture, and the Roman Empire

ISBN:

9780429292170

0429292171

9781000067965

1000067963

9781000067941

1000067947

9781000067927

1000067920

Publisher Number:

40030166822

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