Envy, poison, and death [electronic resource] : women on trial in ancient Athens / Esther Eidinow.
Eidinow, Esther, 1970- author.
2016
KL4345 .E33 2016
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Title Envy, poison, and death [electronic resource] : women on trial in ancient Athens / Esther Eidinow.
Author Eidinow, Esther, 1970- author.
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9780191747304 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562602
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xii, 421 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562602 doi
Call Number KL4345 .E33 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 340.538
Summary This volume explores three trials conducted in Athens in the fourth century BCE; the defendants were all women charged with undertaking ritual activities, but much of the evidence remains a mystery. The author reveals how these trials provide a vivid glimpse of the socio-political environment of Athens during this time.
Note This volume explores three trials conducted in Athens in the fourth century BCE; the defendants were all women charged with undertaking ritual activities, but much of the evidence remains a mystery. The author reveals how these trials provide a vivid glimpse of the socio-political environment of Athens during this time.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Figures
Abbreviations. Part 1 The women : Introduction: overview and approach
The evidence
What charges?
Conclusion: "if anyone has cursed me ..." Part 2 Envy : Introduction: "as rust eats iron"
Defining emotions
Narratives of Phthonos
Phthonos and misfortune
Conclusion: "careless talk ..." Part 3 Poison : Introduction: "a relish for the envious"
Identifying gossip
Genres of gossip
Gossip ... in public
Gossip ... in private
Public, private ... and secret
From gossip to action
conclusion: "a covert form of witchcraft." Part 4 Death : Introduction: "killed by idle gossip"
After the war ...
Dependence and vulnerability
"Dangerous women"
Conclusion: envy, poison, and death. Epilogue: social trauma? Bibliography
General Index
Index locorum.

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