| Author | : Jonas Grethlein |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 363 |
| Release | : 2010-02-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0521110777 |
Investigates literary memory in the fifth century BCE, covering poetry and oratory as well as the first Greek historians.
| Author | : Thomas A. Schmitz |
| Publisher | : Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden gmbh |
| Total Pages | : 305 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9783515096713 |
In the first century BCE, Greek intellectuals had to come to terms with the stability of Roman power. Many of them were active in Rome, which became the cultural centre of the Greek world; others were connected with Roman patrons. Their work became important for the emergence of Greek identity in the Roman Empire. Bringing together an international group of leading Classical scholars, this volume represents the first attempt at a comprehensive study of Greek cultural identity in the first century: how did the Romans influence the Greeks' view(s) of themselves and of their classical heritage? How did the Greeks interpret the Romans and their role in the world? Covering such different genres as historiography, literary criticism, the novel, and epigram, as well as archaeological material, the contributions explore the intellectual diversity of one of the most significant periods in history and situate the authors active under Augustus within their broader intellectual-historical context.
| Author | : Torrey James Luce |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780415105927 |
The Greeks invented history as a literary genre in the fifth century BC. This book follows the development of history from Herodotus, via Thucydides, Xenophon and Polybius, until the Hellenistic age.
| Author | : Roderick Beaton |
| Publisher | : Faber & Faber |
| Total Pages | : 444 |
| Release | : 2021-11-02 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0571353584 |
'Monumental . . . A wonderful book.' Peter Frankopan'Magisterial . . . remarkable.' Guardian'Erudite and highly readable . . . An authoritative guide to the countless ways in which Greek words and ideas have shaped the modern world.' Financial TimesThe Greeks is a story which takes us from the archaeological treasures of the Bronze Age Aegean and myths of gods and heroes, to the politics of the European Union today. It is a story of inventions, such as the alphabet, philosophy and science, but also of reinvention: of cultures which merged and multiplied, and adapted to catastrophic change. It is the epic, revelatory history of the Greek-speaking people and their global impact told as never before.
| Author | : Paul Veyne |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 1988-06-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780226854342 |
An examination of Greek mythology and a discussion about how religion and truth have evolved throughout time.
| Author | : Roy Eric Charles Burrell |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 112 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Greece |
| ISBN | : 9780199171019 |
Covers the centuries from the Minoans to the breakup of Alexander's empire and the conquest of Greece by Rome.
| Author | : Jonathan M. Hall |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 2013-08-19 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1118301277 |
A History of the Archaic Greek World offers a theme-based approach to the development of the Greek world in the years 1200-479 BCE. Updated and extended in this edition to include two new sections, expanded geographical coverage, a guide to electronic resources, and more illustrations Takes a critical and analytical look at evidence about the history of the archaic Greek World Involves the reader in the practice of history by questioning and reevaluating conventional beliefs Casts new light on traditional themes such as the rise of the city-state, citizen militias, and the origins of egalitarianism Provides a wealth of archaeological evidence, in a number of different specialties, including ceramics, architecture, and mortuary studies
| Author | : Jacob Burckhardt |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 498 |
| Release | : 1999-10-21 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780312244477 |
In 1872 Burckhardt, one of the preeminent historians of classical and Renaissance culture, presented this revolutionary work, which portrays ancient Greek culture as an aristocratic world and tyrannical state with minimal personal freedoms. This landmark culmination of 30 years of scholarship offers a rich cultural history of a fascinating society.
| Author | : Paul Cartledge |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 2002-10-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0191577839 |
This book provides an original and challenging answer to the question: 'Who were the Classical Greeks?' Paul Cartledge - 'one of the most theoretically alert, widely read and prolific of contemporary ancient historians' (TLS) - here examines the Greeks and their achievements in terms of their own self-image, mainly as it was presented by the supposedly objective historians: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. Many of our modern concepts as we understand them were invented by the Greeks: for example, democracy, theatre, philosophy, and history. Yet despite being our cultural ancestors in many ways, their legacy remains rooted in myth and the mental and material contexts of many of their achievements are deeply alien to our own ways of thinking and acting. The Greeks aims to explore in depth how the dominant group (adult, male, citizen) attempted, with limited success, to define themselves unambiguously in polar opposition to a whole series of 'Others' - non-Greeks, women, non-citizens, slaves and gods. This new edition contains an updated bibliography, a new chapter entitled 'Entr'acte: Others in Images and Images of Others', and a new afterword.
