Download or read book The Rhetoric and Conceptualization of Enmity in Classical Athens written by Andrew T. Alwine and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: However, aggressive violent behavior was, in the Athenian imagination, limited by democratic ideology and institutions. Previous discussions of enmity have posited competing "codes," one agonistic and one restrained, but this dichotomy is rejected here. The Athenians consistently maintained that they were non-violent and gentle toward one another. Athens was thus a city with two seemingly contradictory aspects. Athenians conceptualized their society as feuding society, although relatively non-violent.