Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens by Hesk, Jon

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Hardcover. VG- (ex-library w/ stamps to textblock edges, internal stamps, usual markings, etc. edge-wear & creasing to boards. dustjacket taped to cover edges, ID to lower spine; light sunning to spine). black boards w/ gilt spine printing. book viii, 336 pgs. blue & white dustjacket w/ white printing; protective plastic cover. From a college library. No removal stamps to due date slip. Pages clean; remains tightly bound. "This is the first full-length study of the representation of deceit and lies in classical Athens. Dr. Hesk traces the ways in which Athenian drama, democratic oratory and elite prose writing construct and theorise a relationship between dishonesty and civic identity. He focuses on the ideology of military trickery, notions of the 'noble lie' and the developing associations of rhetorical language with deceptive communication. Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens combines close analysis of Athenian texts with lively… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black cloth in a blue pictorial dw; not clipped, chipped or bumped. Top edge of dw slightly sunned.

Cambridge University Press. Used - Very Good. 2001. Hardcover. With dj. Some shelfwear to dj. Pencil underlining and marginalia throughout prologue, as well as on rear endpapers. Otherwise clean and tight. Very Good. (Subject: Ancient, Greece).

Cambridge University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0521643228 . Former owner's bookplate on ffep. ; 344 pages; This book is a study of the ways in which classical Athenian texts represent and evaluate the morality of deception. It is particularly concerned with the way in which the telling of lies was a problem for the world's first democracy and compares this problem with the modern Western situation. There are major sections on Greek tragedy, comedy, oratory, historiography and philosophy. .

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Hardback. New. This book, first published in 2000, is a study of the ways in which classical Athenian texts represent and evaluate the morality of deception. It is particularly concerned with the way in which the telling of lies was a problem for the world's first democracy and compares this problem with the modern Western situation.