Realities and imagination of torture in ancient Greece.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 17041 |
| Format | 15.7 x 24 |
| Détails | 209 p., 28 plates, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
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"The luxuriance of the vocabulary used to describe the instruments of detention, the obtaining of servile testimonies under duress, the magical value given to defilement, the transposition into art of mythical punishments according to the modalities of real punishment as well as their simulation of the theatrical scene, speak volumes about the familiarity of the Greeks with torments and thoughts. This proximity, often hidden, experienced in everyday life and expressed in fiction, also betrays the fantasies and collective feelings in the face of repression which, always, retained in the form of capital executions an ordeal-like character. Never taken into account in the works which deal with these questions, imagery has nourished the material of this book, founded moreover on the study of the realizations, literary testimonies and glosses. By comparing such diverse sources, the author broadens the scope of technical knowledge relating to prison instruments and the methods of exposure to the pole. "First printing 1998. Reissue 2013.
"The luxuriance of the vocabulary used to describe the instruments of detention, the obtaining of servile testimonies under duress, the magical value given to defilement, the transposition into art of mythical punishments according to the modalities of real punishment as well as their simulation of the theatrical scene, speak volumes about the familiarity of the Greeks with torments and thoughts. This proximity, often hidden, experienced in everyday life and expressed in fiction, also betrays the fantasies and collective feelings in the face of repression which, always, retained in the form of capital executions an ordeal-like character. Never taken into account in the works which deal with these questions, imagery has nourished the material of this book, founded moreover on the study of the realizations, literary testimonies and glosses. By comparing such diverse sources, the author broadens the scope of technical knowledge relating to prison instruments and the methods of exposure to the pole. "First printing 1998. Reissue 2013.