Transgression and deviance in the ancient world. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Lennart Gilhaus, Anja Dorn, Imogen Herrad, Michael Meurer.
• Editors: Gilhaus, Lennart; Dorn, Anja; Herrad, Imogen; Meurer, Michael
• Contents: The representation of norm transgressions and deviant behavior in ancient societies - An introduction.- The tragedian Agathon in Aristophanes and Plato. The dramatic construction of deviant behavior.- Transformation or transgression? Initiation and transition rituals in the Attic cult of Artemis.- Just reward - just punishment? Religious norms, norm transgressions and their consequences in Xenophon's Hellenika.- When is Revolt not Revolting? Rule-breaking and Revolt in Sparta in Plutarch's Lives.- Sanguine non modo se non contaminarunt, sed etiam honestarunt.- Transgressions in Lucan - A necessary evil?.- Dux femina - Transgressive women in Tacitus.- Aesthetic transgressions in ancient art using the example of painted sculptures.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 302.5420901; Transgression (Ethics) -- History -- To 1500; Deviant behavior -- History -- To 1500; Social norms -- History -- To 1500; Social history -- To 500
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783476058737
• Related ISBNs: 9783476058720
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