As history's first democracy, classical Athens invented political discourse. The Athenians, however, could not separate the political from the private sphere. Father-son relations, whether good or bad, were a major theme of public as well as private life. Perhaps most-often associated today with Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus, the father-son conflict appears in a wide variety of Athenian texts: in the writings of other tragedians and comic playwrights (Euripides, Aristophanes); in oratory; in the myth of Athens' national hero, Theseus; and even in the trial of Socrates. What is a historian to...
As history's first democracy, classical Athens invented political discourse. The Athenians, however, could not separate the political from the private...
As history's first democracy, classical Athens invited political discourse. The Athenians, however could not completely separate the politicals from the private sphere. In a historical reappraisal, the author explores the consequences, for Athens and us, of the powerful influence of familial ideology on politics.
As history's first democracy, classical Athens invited political discourse. The Athenians, however could not completely separate the politicals from t...
