Abstract / Description of output
Pericles’ metaphor in the funeral oration, that the Athenians should become erastai of the city, would have been original and striking to his audience, as the connotations of eros in politics had normally been divisive and pejorative.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 473-489 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 29 Nov 2018 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Democracy
- Greek polis
- Ancient Greece
- Athens
- Pericles
- rhetoric
- Eros
- metaphors
- Ancient History