Fathers and Sons in Athens: Ideology and Society in the Era of the Peloponnesian War

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As history's first democracy, classical Athens invited political discourse. The Athenians, however could not completely separate the politicals from the private sphere; indeed father-son conflict, from patricide to murdering one's son, was a major public as well as a private theme. In a fascinating historical reappraisal, the author explores the consequences, for Athens and us, of the powerful influence of familial ideology on politics.

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As history's first democracy, classical Athens invited political discourse. The Athenians, however could not completely separate the politicals from the private sphere; indeed father-son conflict, from patricide to murdering one's son, was a major public as well as a private theme. In a fascinating historical reappraisal, the author explores the consequences, for Athens and us, of the powerful influence of familial ideology on politics.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 300
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 15 Apr 2011
ISBN 10: 041562021X
ISBN 13: 9780415620215

Media Reviews

This work is exciting and important not only for its thesis but for the new and often exhilarating way in which we see language and history and texts combined and interpreted. -- Thomas M. Falkner, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Particularly noteworthy is Strauss's lucid demonstration of how the rhetoric of familial breakdown informed political discourse in the wake of the disastrous Athenian defeat in Sicily. . . . One of the most original and interesting works on classical Athens to appear in years. -- Stanley M. Burstein, The Historian
The best study in print of father-son relations in Athens. -- James M. Williams, History: Reviews of New Books