Crooked Kings of Ancient Greece

by Daniel Ogden

By comparing traditional narratives concerning archaic colonists and tyrants, Ogden shows that monarchic rulers in archaic Greece were often paradoxically conceptualized as deformed scapegoats or as evil malformed babies of sinister birth. This way of thinking helped to explain their extraordinary power, for they embodied in their twisted limbs a terrible pollution that enabled them to overthrow their communities. The author considers a diverse...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715627163
• ISBN13: 9780715627167
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.5"