Professor David Tandy: 'Slavery, honour and ideology in Homer' This event has now passed, but you can view the lecture below: Professor David Tandy: 'Slavery, honour and ideology in Homer' The presentation of slaves and slavery in the Homeric epics is filtered through the lens of elite ideology, presenting positive and negative exempla according to elite ideas of how slaves should behave, and how slaves should be treated in turn by their owners and other members of society. Beyond this, honour might be meted out to or withhold from slaves according to where individual slaves were located in a hierarchy of honour that is closely tied to the productive process. This event is free and open to all. Dec 06 2019 17.30 - 19.00 Professor David Tandy: 'Slavery, honour and ideology in Homer' Professor David Tandy (Leeds) explores the dynamics of slavery and honour in Homer, and how the realities of production in early Greece interlocked with ideas about honour and social interaction. Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH7 4AW Find the venue
Professor David Tandy: 'Slavery, honour and ideology in Homer' This event has now passed, but you can view the lecture below: Professor David Tandy: 'Slavery, honour and ideology in Homer' The presentation of slaves and slavery in the Homeric epics is filtered through the lens of elite ideology, presenting positive and negative exempla according to elite ideas of how slaves should behave, and how slaves should be treated in turn by their owners and other members of society. Beyond this, honour might be meted out to or withhold from slaves according to where individual slaves were located in a hierarchy of honour that is closely tied to the productive process. This event is free and open to all. Dec 06 2019 17.30 - 19.00 Professor David Tandy: 'Slavery, honour and ideology in Homer' Professor David Tandy (Leeds) explores the dynamics of slavery and honour in Homer, and how the realities of production in early Greece interlocked with ideas about honour and social interaction. Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH7 4AW Find the venue
Dec 06 2019 17.30 - 19.00 Professor David Tandy: 'Slavery, honour and ideology in Homer' Professor David Tandy (Leeds) explores the dynamics of slavery and honour in Homer, and how the realities of production in early Greece interlocked with ideas about honour and social interaction.
