Hellenism and Empire - Language, Classicism, and Power in the Greek World, Ad 50-250

Zusatztext This volume is a scholarly discussion of the attitudes of Greek intellectuals in the Roman Empire...From this meticulous examination of second sophistic literati Swain draws two broad conclusions that challenge traditional opinion...This book is a must for anyone interested in the evolution of Greek culture and the second sophistic. Klappentext Hellenism and Empire explores identity! politics! and culture in the Greek world of the first three centuries AD! the period known as the second sophistic. The sources of this identity were the words and deeds of classical Greece! and the emphasis placed on Greekness and Greek heritage was far greater then than at any other time. Yet this period is often seen as a time of happy consensualism between the Greek and Roman halves of the Roman Empire. The first part of the book shows that Greek identity came before any loyalty to Rome (and was indeed partly a reaction to Rome)! while the views of the major authors of the period! which are studied in the second part! confirm and restate the prior claims of Hellenism. Zusammenfassung Hellenism and Empire explores the rise of nationalism among the Greeks at the time of the Roman Empire, and their claims to cultural superiority over the Romans. It offers a radical reassessment of the traditional picture of Roman political and cultural domination.

Product details

• Authors: Swain, Simon Swain, Simon (Professor of Classics Swain
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.1998
• EAN: 9780198152316
• ISBN: 978-0-19-815231-6
• No. of pages: 512
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, Nationalism, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory