000756741 000__ 03033cam\a22004691i\4500 000756741 001__ 756741 000756741 005__ 20210515115642.0 000756741 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000756741 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 000756741 008__ 150729s2016\\\\enka\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000756741 020__ $$a9780191747304$$q(electronic book) 000756741 0247_ $$a10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562602$$2doi 000756741 035__ $$a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323235 000756741 035__ $$a756741 000756741 040__ $$aStDuBDS$$beng$$cStDuBDS$$erda$$epn 000756741 050_4 $$aKL4345$$b.E33 2016 000756741 08204 $$a340.538$$223 000756741 1001_ $$aEidinow, Esther,$$d1970-$$eauthor. 000756741 24510 $$aEnvy, poison, and death$$h[electronic resource] :$$bwomen on trial in ancient Athens /$$cEsther Eidinow. 000756741 250__ $$aFirst edition. 000756741 264_1 $$aOxford :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2016. 000756741 264_4 $$c©2016 000756741 300__ $$a1 online resource (xii, 421 pages) :$$billustrations 000756741 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000756741 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000756741 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier 000756741 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000756741 5050_ $$aFigures -- Abbreviations. Part 1 The women : Introduction: overview and approach -- The evidence -- What charges? -- Conclusion: "if anyone has cursed me ..." Part 2 Envy : Introduction: "as rust eats iron" -- Defining emotions -- Narratives of Phthonos -- Phthonos and misfortune -- Conclusion: "careless talk ..." Part 3 Poison : Introduction: "a relish for the envious" -- Identifying gossip -- Genres of gossip -- Gossip ... in public -- Gossip ... in private -- Public, private ... and secret -- From gossip to action -- conclusion: "a covert form of witchcraft." Part 4 Death : Introduction: "killed by idle gossip" -- After the war ... -- Dependence and vulnerability -- "Dangerous women" -- Conclusion: envy, poison, and death. Epilogue: social trauma? Bibliography -- General Index -- Index locorum. 000756741 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000756741 5208_ $$aThis volume explores three trials conducted in Athens in the fourth century BCE; the defendants were all women charged with undertaking ritual activities, but much of the evidence remains a mystery. The author reveals how these trials provide a vivid glimpse of the socio-political environment of Athens during this time. 000756741 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000756741 650_0 $$aLaw, Greek. 000756741 650_0 $$aCourts$$zGreece$$zAthens$$xHistory$$yTo 1500. 000756741 650_0 $$aFemale offenders$$zGreece$$zAthens$$xHistory$$yTo 1500. 000756741 650_0 $$aWomen$$xReligious life$$zGreece$$zAthens$$xHistory$$yTo 1500. 000756741 650_0 $$aRitual$$zGreece$$zAthens$$xHistory$$yTo 1500. 000756741 651_0 $$aAthens (Greece)$$xPolitics and government$$yTo 1500. 000756741 651_0 $$aAthens (Greece)$$xCivilization. 000756741 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aEidinow, Esther, 1970-$$tEnvy, poison, and death.$$dOxford : Oxford University Press, 2016$$z9780199562602$$w(DLC) 2015937262$$w(OCoLC)935675165 000756741 85280 $$bebk$$hOxford Scholarship Online 000756741 85640 $$3Oxford scholarship online$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562602.001.0001$$zOnline Access 000756741 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:756741$$pGLOBAL_SET 000756741 980__ $$aEBOOK 000756741 980__ $$aBIB 000756741 982__ $$aEbook 000756741 983__ $$aOnline