Tragedy Offstage: Suffering and Sympathy in Ancient Athens by Rachel Hall Sternberg

Tragedy Offstage: Suffering and Sympathy in Ancient Athens

Rachel Hall Sternberg

250 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

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Humane ideals were central to the image Athenians had of themselves and their city during the classical period. Tragic plays, which formed a part of civic education, often promoted pity and compassion. But it is less clear to what extent Athenians...

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