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Language:EnglishPublisher:Redwood PressISBN-13:9781503628564ISBN-10:1503628566UPC:9781503628564Book Category:Philosophy, Political Science, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, History & Theory, Ancient and ClassicalBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:9.06 x 6.06 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC126NNH4Q
Embattled: How Ancient Greek Myths Empower Us to Resist Tyranny
An incisive exploration of the way Greek myths empower us to defeat tyranny.
As tyrannical passions increasingly plague twenty-first-century politics, tales told in ancient Greek epics and tragedies provide a vital antidote. Democracy as a concept did not exist until the Greeks coined the term and tried the experiment, but the idea can be traced to stories that the ancient Greeks told and retold....
Language:EnglishPublisher:Redwood PressISBN-13:9781503628564ISBN-10:1503628566UPC:9781503628564Book Category:Philosophy, Political Science, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, History & Theory, Ancient and ClassicalBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:9.06 x 6.06 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC126NNH4Q
Emily Katz Anhalt is Professor of Classics at Sarah Lawrence College. Her most recent book is Enraged: Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths, which was selected as one of the Times Literary Supplement's Best Books of 2017.
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