246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
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Frankness, Greek Culture, and the Roman Empire discusses the significance of parrhēsia (free and frank speech) in Greek culture of the Roman empire.
The term parrhēsia first emerged in the context of the classical Athenian democracy and was long considered a key democratic and egalitarian value. And yet, references to frank speech pervade the literature of the Roman empire, a time when a... Read more
- Parrhēsia, frankness, and post-classical politics
- Speaking freely
- Kings: frankness to power
- Dēmos: rhetoric in the post-classical city
- Elites: hierarchy, oligarchy, and friendship
- Authorizing frankness: Lucian’s satire
Conclusion
Biography
Dana Fields is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. She has published scholarship on a number of texts from the Roman imperial era, including works by Aelius Aristides, Dio Chrysostom, Lucian, Pliny, and Plutarch, as well as poetic fable collections.
"Field’s small but thoughtful book has achieved important results. It is based on thorough knowledge of the literary sources, but Fields is also well read in the international, multilingual literature in this field. Her study is full of new insights into the perception of frank speech in the Roman Empire and thus highlights and explains the pervasiveness of frank speech in Greek culture during the early Empire. It maps the world of parrhēsia in a new way." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review
