{"product_id":"crooked-kings-of-ancient-greece-daniel-ogden-9780715627167","title":"Crooked Kings of Ancient Greece","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy comparing traditional narratives concerning archaic colonists and tyrants, Ogden shows that monarchic rulers in archaic Greece were often paradoxically conceptualized as deformed scapegoats or as evil malformed babies of sinister birth. This way of thinking helped to explain their extraordinary power, for they embodied in their twisted limbs a terrible pollution that enabled them to overthrow their communities. The author considers a diverse range of related themes, including the myth of Oedipus, the fables of Aesop, the meanings attached to monkeys, pigs and mice, demonic cooks, the characters of early farce, Spartan hairstyles, and the beginnings of Greek democracy and ostracism at Athens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Ogden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0715627163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780715627167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bristol Classical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.54h x 6.20w x 0.91d","brand":"Daniel Ogden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45896461779199,"sku":"9780715627167","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b1042da-c740-4ba3-8bf3-7f618bd552db.jpg?v=1721371469","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crooked-kings-of-ancient-greece-daniel-ogden-9780715627167","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}