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Author : Marc Domingo Gygax,Arjan Zuiderhoek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108842051
Analyses elite public generosity as a structural feature of the polis throughout all periods of ancient Greek history.
Author : Marc Domingo Gygax
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521515351
Studies the nature and development of Greek 'euergetism' from its origins to the Hellenistic period, through the prism of gift exchange.
Author : Michael Hewson Crawford,David Whitehead
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1983-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0521296382
A sourcebook in translation covering the history of Greece from archaic times through to the rise of Philip of Macedon. Sources translated are mainly the Greek historians themselves.
Author : M. M. Austin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1981-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0521296668
This is the first comprehensive sourcebook in English concentrating entirely on the Hellenistic age.
Author : Kazutaka Inamura
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107110946
Examines Aristotle's approaches to how to develop a political community based on the notions of justice and friendship.
Author : Arjan Zuiderhoek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139477826
In the first two centuries AD, the eastern Roman provinces experienced a proliferation of elite public generosity unmatched in their previous or later history. In this study, Arjan Zuiderhoek attempts to answer the question why this should have been so. Focusing on Roman Asia Minor, he argues that the surge in elite public giving was not caused by the weak economic and financial position of the provincial cities, as has often been maintained, but by social and political developments and tensions within the Greek cities created by their integration into the Roman imperial system. As disparities of wealth and power within imperial polis society continued to widen, the exchange of gifts for honours between elite and non-elite citizens proved an excellent political mechanism for deflecting social tensions away from open conflicts towards communal celebrations of shared citizenship and the legitimation of power in the cities.
Author : Roger D. Woodard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107495111
Professor Roger Woodard brings together a group of the world's most authoritative scholars of classical myth to present a thorough treatment of all aspects of Greek mythology. Sixteen original articles guide the reader through all aspects of the ancient mythic tradition and its influence around the world and in later years. The articles examine the forms and uses of myth in Greek oral and written literature, from the epic poetry of 8th century BC to the mythographic catalogues of the early centuries AD. They examine the relationship between myth, art, religion and politics among the ancient Greeks and its reception and influence on later society from the Middle Ages to present day literature, feminism and cinema. This Companion volume's comprehensive coverage makes it ideal reading for students of Greek mythology and for anyone interested in the myths of the ancient Greeks and their impact on western tradition.
Author : Arjan Zuiderhoek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521198356
This book provides a survey of modern debates on Greek and Roman cities, and a sketch of the cities' chief characteristics.
Author : Sylvia Berryman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139480260
It has long been thought that the ancient Greeks did not take mechanics seriously as part of the workings of nature, and that therefore their natural philosophy was both primitive and marginal. In this book Sylvia Berryman challenges that assumption, arguing that the idea that the world works 'like a machine' can be found in ancient Greek thought, predating the early modern philosophy with which it is most closely associated. Her discussion ranges over topics including balancing and equilibrium, lifting water, sphere-making and models of the heavens, and ancient Greek pneumatic theory, with detailed analysis of thinkers such as Aristotle, Archimedes, and Hero of Alexandria. Her book shows scholars of ancient Greek philosophy why it is necessary to pay attention to mechanics, and shows historians of science why the differences between ancient and modern reactions to mechanics are not as great as was generally thought.
Author : Andrew Feldherr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521854535
An introduction to how the history of Rome was written in the ancient world, and its impact on later periods. It presents essays by an international team of scholars that aim both to orient non-specialist readers to the important concerns of the Roman historians and also to stimulate new research.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004352179
The Politics of Honour in the Greek Cities of the Roman Empire studies the honorific habits in the later Greek city, and in particular the honorific inscriptions that were set up for citizens, magistrates and (foreign) benefactors.
Author : Christos Kremmydas
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199578139
Against Leptines is one of the most important speeches delivered by Demosthenes. It argues against the abolishment of all honorific exemptions (ateleiai) from festival liturgies in the city of Athens. Kremmydas' commentary features an extensive introduction, Greek text, and a facing English translation.
Author : Glenn R. Bugh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139827119
This Companion volume offers fifteen original essays on the Hellenistic world and is intended to complement and supplement general histories of the period from Alexander the Great to Kleopatra VII of Egypt. Each chapter treats a different aspect of the Hellenistic world - religion, philosophy, family, economy, material culture, and military campaigns, among other topics. The essays address key questions about this period: To what extent were Alexander's conquests responsible for the creation of this new 'Hellenistic' age? What is the essence of this world and how does it differ from its Classical predecessor? What continuities and discontinuities can be identified? Collectively, the essays provide an in-depth view of a complex world. The volume also provides a bibliography on the topics along with recommendations for further reading.
Author : Dominika Grzesik
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004502499
This book brings Hellenistic and Roman Delphi to life. By addressing a broad spectrum of epigraphic topics, theoretical and methodological approaches, it provides readers with a first comprehensive discussion of the Delphic gift-giving system, its regional interactions, and its honorific network
Author : P. E. Easterling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997-10-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521423511
As a creative medium, ancient Greek tragedy has had an extraordinarily wide influence: many of the surviving plays are still part of the theatrical repertoire, and texts like Agamemnon, Antigone, and Medea have had a profound effect on Western culture. This Companion is not a conventional introductory textbook but an attempt, by seven distinguished scholars, to present the familiar corpus in the context of modern reading, criticism, and performance of Greek tragedy. There are three main emphases: on tragedy as an institution in the civic life of ancient Athens, on a range of different critical interpretations arising from fresh readings of the texts, and on changing patterns of reception, adaptation, and performance from antiquity to the present. Each chapter can be read independently, but each is linked with the others, and most examples are drawn from the same selection of plays.
