Tyrannicides (Antiquity)

Abstract: Democratic and republican communities are rooted in the freedom of the individual as well as in the political participation of the many. To ensure that there is a fundamental consensus among their members as well as collective identification with the political system, these communities require mythologised acts of foundation that are memorialised and regularly renewed through ritual. Often, such acts of foundation are portrayed as the deeds of admirable individuals who liberated their communities from an un-free order by killing an oppressor or tyrant. The adoration of tyrannicides can be viewed as a form of heroization that first occurred in the nascent republican and democratic communities of Greco-Roman antiquity

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Ausgabe
Version 1.0, published 7 March 2023
Sprache
Englisch

Klassifikation
Alte Geschichte, Archäologie
Schlagwort
Aristogeiton
Brutus, Lucius Junius
Harmodios
Antike
Demokratie
Heroisierung
Mythos
Tyrannenmord
Tyrannenmördergruppe

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Freiburg
(wer)
Universität
(wann)
2023
Urheber
Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen

DOI
10.6094/heroicum/tce1.0.20230307
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2341852
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
Letzte Aktualisierung
25.03.2025, 13:57 MEZ

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