Tragedy Offstage: Suffering and Sympathy in Ancient Athens

by: Sternberg, R.H.

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In this book, Rachel Hall Sternberg draws on evidence from Greek oratory and historiography of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE to study the moral universe of the ancient Athenians: how citizens may have treated one another in times of adversity, when and how they were expected to help. She develops case studies in five spheres of everyday life: home nursing, the ransom of captives, intervention in street crimes, the long-distance transport of sick and wounded soldiers, and slave torture. Her close reading of selected narratives suggests that Athenians embraced high standards for helping behavior - at least toward relatives, friends, and some fellow citizens. Meanwhile, a subtle discourse of moral obligation strengthened the bonds that held Athenian society together, encouraging individuals to bring their personal behavior into line with the ideals of the city-state.

Home nursing
The ransom of captives
Bystander intervention
The transport of sick and wounded soldiers
The judicial torture of slaves

Subjects:
Athens (Greece) Moral conditions History
Athènes (Grèce) Conditions morales Histoire
Caring
Caring Greece Athens History To 1500
Comportement d'aide Grèce Athènes Histoire Jusqu'à 1500
Empathy history
Fürsorge
Geschichte 500 v. Chr.-300 v. Chr
Greece Athens
Griechenland
Helping behavior
Helping behavior Greece Athens History To 1500
History
Humanité (Morale) Grèce Athènes Histoire Jusqu'à 1500
LITERARY CRITICISM Ancient & Classical
Leid
Moral conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE General
Sozialverhalten
To 1500

Tragedy Offstage: Suffering and Sympathy in Ancient Athens

by: Sternberg, R.H.

• ISBN-13: 9780292714168 / 978-0-292-71416-8
• ISBN-03: 0292714165 / 0-292-71416-5
• University of Texas Press, Austin, 2006

Price: 49,00 EURO

1 copy in stock