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Demagogues, power, and friendship in classical Athens : leaders as friends in Aristophanes, Euripides, and Xenophon

Title
Demagogues, power, and friendship in classical Athens : leaders as friends in Aristophanes, Euripides, and Xenophon / Robert Holschuh Simmons.
Author
Simmons, Robert Holschuh
Publication
  • London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
  • ©2023

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1 online resource.
Alternative Title
Leaders as friends in Aristophanes, Euripides, and Xenophon
Subject
  • Leadership > Greece > Athens
  • Friendship > Greece > Athens
  • Greek literature > History and criticism
  • Leadership in literature
  • Friendship in literature
  • Athens (Greece) > Politics and government
  • Athens (Greece) > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
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  • Description based on print version record.
Contents
Introduction -- Friendship in Athenian politics prior to the demagogues -- Cleon and the rise of friendship-based Athenian demagogy -- The sociology of making individual philoi among the masses -- Distinguishing desire from friendship in leadership models in Aristophanes' Knights -- Later developments of the "leader as philos" model -- Conclusion : Cleon and the legacy of leadership by friendship.
ISBN
  • 9781350214507 (electronic bk.)
  • 1350214507 (electronic bk.)
OCLC
ebd2986161799
Author
Simmons, Robert Holschuh, author.
Title
Demagogues, power, and friendship in classical Athens : leaders as friends in Aristophanes, Euripides, and Xenophon / Robert Holschuh Simmons.
Publisher
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
Copyright Date
©2023
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Note
Description based on print version record.
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ebook version : 9781350214514
Original 9781350214484 1350214485 9781350214491 1350214493 (DLC) 2022036274
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