Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521028714)

This book is a study of the ways in which classical Athenian texts represent and evaluate the morality of deception. It is particularly concerned with the way in which the telling of lies was a problem for the world's first democracy and compares this problem with the modern Western situation. There are major sections on Greek tragedy, comedy, oratory, historiography and philosophy.

Author: Jon Hesk
ISBN-10: 052102871X
ISBN-13: 9780521028714
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2006
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d