{"product_id":"insults-in-classical-athens-paperback","title":"Insults in Classical Athens - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah Kamen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholarly investigations of the rich field of verbal and extraverbal Athenian insults have typically been undertaken piecemeal. Deborah Kamen provides an overview of this vast terrain and synthesizes the rules, content, functions, and consequences of insulting fellow Athenians. The result is the first volume to map out the full spectrum of insults, from obscene banter at festivals, to invective in the courtroom, to slander and even hubristic assaults on another's honor.\u003cbr\u003e While the classical city celebrated the democratic equality of \"autochthonous\" citizens, it counted a large population of noncitizens as inhabitants, so that ancient Athenians developed a preoccupation with negotiating, affirming, and restricting citizenship. Kamen raises key questions about what it meant to be a citizen in democratic Athens and demonstrates how insults were deployed to police the boundaries of acceptable behavior. In doing so, she illuminates surprising differences between antiquity and today and sheds light on the ways a democratic society valuing \"free speech\" can nonetheless curb language considered damaging to the community as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeborah Kamen is an associate professor of classics at the University of Washington and the author of \u003ci\u003eStatus in Classical Athens\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42745114329151,"sku":"9780299328047","price":58.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3c15886895a276fc4f289fa0ae901501.webp?v=1765170816","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/insults-in-classical-athens-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}