The Ionians and Hellenism - A Study of the Cultural Achievement of the Early Greek Inhabitants of Asia Minor

The Ionians and Hellenism (1980) presents an assessment of the art, literature and philosophy of the Asia Minor Greeks - the Ionians - in the eighth to sixth centuries B.C. The Ionians are notable both for what they achieved and for the way in which they influenced the rest of the Greek world.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The Ionian Cities 3. The Character of Ionian Art 4. Homer and the Ionian Poetic Tradition 5. Myth and Reason: The Ionian Origin of Greek Philosophy 6. Xenophanes and Herakleitos: The Interaction of Language and Thought 7. The Aftermath: The Ionian Legacy to Hellenism

Product details

• Authors: C.J. Emlyn-Jones
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9781032773803
• ISBN: 978-1-032-77380-3
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Ancient World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Ancient Greece, Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, RELIGION / Ancient, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Turkey, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient religions & mythologies, BCE to c 500 CE, Ancient religions and Mythologies, c 1000 to c 500 BCE, Anatolia / Asia Minor