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Nothing to Do with Dionysus?: Athenian Drama in Its Social Context
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This article is published in Classical World.The article was published on 1992-01-01. It has received 170 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Drama & Nothing.read more
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A Cultural Theory of International Relations
TL;DR: In this article, the spirit and its expression in the ancient world, from Sun King to Revolution, and World War II to the present day, are discussed, and a survey of the results is presented.
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The Origins of Criticism: Literary Culture and Poetic Theory in Classical Greece
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The competence of theatre audiences in fifth- and fourth-century Athens
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