The Cambridge Companion To Herodotus

Author : Carolyn Dewald,John Marincola
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139827157

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The Cambridge Companion to Herodotus by Carolyn Dewald,John Marincola Pdf

Herodotus' Histories is the first major surviving prose work from antiquity. Its range of interests is immense, covering the whole of the known world and much beyond, and it culminates in a detailed account of the Persian Wars of the early fifth century BC. Moreover, research has shown that Herodotus is a sophisticated and at times even ironic narrator, and a pioneer and serious practitioner of historical research at a time when the Greeks' traditions about their past were still the fluid transmissions and memories of a largely oral society. This Companion provides a series of accessible chapters, written by distinguished scholars, illuminating many aspects of Herodotus' work: his skill in language and his narrative art; his intellectual preconceptions; his working methods and techniques; his attitude towards nature and the gods; his attitude towards foreign cultures and peoples; and his view of human life and human history.

Author : Carolyn Dewald,John Marincola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1139817132

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The Cambridge Companion to Herodotus by Carolyn Dewald,John Marincola Pdf

Author : Michael A. Flower
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107050068

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The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon by Michael A. Flower Pdf

Introduces Xenophon's writings and their importance for Western culture, while explaining the main scholarly controversies.

Author : Andrew Feldherr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521854535

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The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Historians by Andrew Feldherr Pdf

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 : Tim Whitmarsh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139827973

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The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel by Tim Whitmarsh Pdf

The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel contains nineteen original essays by an international cast of experts in the field. The emphasis is upon the critical interpretation of the texts within historical settings, both in antiquity and in the later generations that have been and continue to be inspired by them. All the central issues of current scholarship are addressed: sexuality, cultural identity, class, religion, politics, narrative, style, readership and much more. Four sections cover cultural context of the novels, their contents, literary form, and their reception in classical antiquity and beyond. Each chapter includes guidance on further reading. This collection will be essential for scholars and students, as well as for others who want an up-to-date, accessible introduction into this exhilarating material.

Author : Egbert J. Bakker,Irene J.F. de Jong,Hans van Wees
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004217584

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Brill's Companion to Herodotus by Egbert J. Bakker,Irene J.F. de Jong,Hans van Wees Pdf

Herodotus’ Histories can be read in many ways. Their literary qualities, never in dispute, can be more fully appreciated in the light of recent developments in the study of pragmatics, narratology, and orality. Their intellectual status has been radically reassessed: no longer regarded as naïve and ‘archaic’, the Histories are now seen as very much a product of the intellectual climate of their own day - not only subject to contemporary literary, religious, moral and social influences, but actively contributing to the great debates of their time. Their reliability as historical and ethnographic accounts, a matter of controversy even in antiquity, is being debated with renewed vigour and increasing sophistication. This Companion offers an up-to-date and in-depth overview of all these current approaches to Herodotus’ remarkable work.

Author : Stephen Salkever
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139828029

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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought by Stephen Salkever Pdf

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for this volume and written by leading scholars of classics, political science, and philosophy, the Companion brings these texts to life by analysing what they have to tell us about the problems of political life. Focusing on texts by Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle, among others, they examine perennial issues, including rights and virtues, democracy and the rule of law, community formation and maintenance, and the ways in which theorizing of several genres can and cannot assist political practice.

Author : Loren J. Samons II
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139826693

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The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles by Loren J. Samons II Pdf

Mid-fifth-century Athens saw the development of the Athenian empire, the radicalization of Athenian democracy through the empowerment of poorer citizens, the adornment of the city through a massive and expensive building program, the classical age of Athenian tragedy, the assembly of intellectuals offering novel approaches to philosophical and scientific issues, and the end of the Spartan-Athenian alliance against Persia and the beginning of open hostilities between the two greatest powers of ancient Greece. The Athenian statesman Pericles both fostered and supported many of these developments. Although it is no longer fashionable to view Periclean Athens as a social or cultural paradigm, study of the history, society, art, and literature of mid-fifth-century Athens remains central to any understanding of Greek history. This collection of essays reveal the political, religious, economic, social, artistic, literary, intellectual, and military infrastructure that made the Age of Pericles possible.

Author : H. A. Shapiro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139826990

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The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece by H. A. Shapiro Pdf

The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece provides a wide-ranging synthesis of history, society, and culture during the formative period of Ancient Greece, from the Age of Homer in the late eighth century to the Persian Wars of 490–480 BC. In ten clearly written and succinct chapters, leading scholars from around the English-speaking world treat all aspects of the civilization of Archaic Greece, from social, political, and military history to early achievements in poetry, philosophy, and the visual arts. Archaic Greece was an age of experimentation and intellectual ferment that laid the foundations for much of Western thought and culture. Individual Greek city-states rose to great power and wealth, and after a long period of isolation, many cities sent out colonies that spread Hellenism to all corners of the Mediterranean world. This Companion offers a vivid and fully documented account of this critical stage in the history of the West.

Author : P. E. Easterling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1997-10-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521423511

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The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy by P. E. Easterling Pdf

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.

Author : A. A. Long
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999-06-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521446678

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The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy by A. A. Long Pdf

A 1999 Companion to Greek philosophy, invaluable for new readers, and for specialists.

Author : C. E. W. Steel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521509930

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The Cambridge Companion to Cicero by C. E. W. Steel Pdf

A comprehensive and authoritative account of one of the greatest and most prolific writers of classical antiquity.

Author : Stephen Harrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1139827162

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The Cambridge Companion to Horace by Stephen Harrison Pdf

Horace is a central author in Latin literature. His work spans a wide range of genres, from iambus to satire, and odes to literary epistle, and he is just as much at home writing about love and wine as he is about philosophy and literary criticism. He also became a key literary figure in the regime of the Emperor Augustus. In this 2007 volume a superb international cast of contributors present a stimulating and accessible assessment of the poet, his work, its themes and its reception. This provides the orientation and coverage needed by non-specialists and students, but also suggests provoking perspectives from which specialists may benefit. Since the last general book on Horace was published half a century ago, there has been a sea-change in perceptions of his work and in the literary analysis of classical literature in general, and this territory is fully charted in this Companion.

Author : Kostas Vlassopoulos
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107244269

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Greeks and Barbarians by Kostas Vlassopoulos Pdf

This book is an ambitious synthesis of the social, economic, political and cultural interactions between Greeks and non-Greeks in the Mediterranean world during the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods. Instead of traditional and static distinctions between Greeks and Others, Professor Vlassopoulos explores the diversity of interactions between Greeks and non-Greeks in four parallel but interconnected worlds: the world of networks, the world of apoikiai ('colonies'), the Panhellenic world and the world of empires. These diverse interactions set into motion processes of globalisation; but the emergence of a shared material and cultural koine across the Mediterranean was accompanied by the diverse ways in which Greek and non-Greek cultures adopted and adapted elements of this global koine. The book explores the paradoxical role of Greek culture in the processes of ancient globalisation, as well as the peculiar way in which Greek culture was shaped by its interaction with non-Greek cultures.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004299849

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Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Herodotus in Antiquity and Beyond by Anonim Pdf

Brill's Companion to the Reception of Herodotus in Antiquity and Beyond offers new insights on the reception and cultural transmission of one of the most controversial and influential texts to have survived from Classical Antiquity. Herodotus’ Histories has been adopted, adapted, imitated, contested, admired and criticized across diverse genres, historical periods, and geographical boundaries. This companion, edited by Jessica Priestley and Vasiliki Zali, examines the reception of Herodotus in a range of cultural contexts, from the fifth century BC to the twentieth century AD. The essays consider key topics such as Herodotus' place in the Western historiographical tradition, translation of and scholarly engagement with the Histories, and the use of the Histories as a model for describing and interpreting cultural and geographical material.