摘要：It is now widely recognized among classicists that in the culture of
classical Greece, that is, in the fifth to fourth century B.C.E., the element of
“performance” played a prominent role in various aspects of daily life. The
term “performance culture” is often applied to classical Greece, especially to
Athens, in reference to many areas where the citizens conducted their
activities in public, such as dramatic and poetic competitions, athletic
competitions, and debates in the democratic assembly and in the law court.
All these activities that took place in public were highly competitive, though
in different contexts, and demonstration of one’s excellence in performance
mattered a great deal in them.
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