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Zusatztext Experts in classical studies, many of international reputation, offer 68 brief essays arranged in four sections... a valuable work for advanced students Informationen zum Autor George Boys-Stones is Senior Lecturer in Classics, Durham University.Barbara Graziosi is Senior Lecturer in Classics, Durham University.Phiroze Vasunia is Reader in Classics, Reading University. Klappentext A collection of some seventy original articles which explore the ways in which ancient Greece has been! is! and might be studied. The emphasis is on the breadth and potential of Hellenic Studies as a flourishing and exciting intellectual arena! and also upon its relevance to the way we think about ourselves today. Zusammenfassung A collection of some seventy original articles which explore the ways in which ancient Greece has been, is, and might be studied. The emphasis is on the breadth and potential of Hellenic Studies as a flourishing and exciting intellectual arena, and also upon its relevance to the way we think about ourselves today. I. HELLENES AND HELLENISMS ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Hellenism and Modernity ; 3. Indigenous Hellenisms / Indigenous Modernities ; 4. Near Eastern Perspectives on the Greeks ; 5. Colonies and Colonization ; 6. The Athenian Empire ; 7. Alexander the Great ; 8. Hellenistic Culture ; 9. Roman Perspectives on the Greeks ; 10. Greece under Rome ; 11. Hebraism and Hellenism ; 12. The Greek Heritage in Islam ; 13. Hellenism in the Renaissance ; 14. Hellenism in the Enlightenment ; 15. Ideologies of Hellenism ; II. THE POLIS ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Polis ; 3. Civic Institutions ; 4. Economy and Trade ; 5. War and Society ; 6. Urban Landscape and Architecture ; 7. The City as Memory ; 8. Ancient Concepts of Personal Identity ; 9. Symposium and the Culture of Consumption ; 10. Age, Peer Groups, Rites of Passage ; 11. Friendship, Love, and Marriage ; 12. Sexuality and Gender ; 13. Slavery ; 14. Ethnic Prejudice and Racism ; 15. Maritime Identities ; 16. Travel and Travel Writing ; 17. Religion ; 18. Games and Festivals ; 19. Just Visiting: The Mobile World of Classical Athens ; 20. Political Theory ; III. PERFORMANCE AND TEXTS ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Performance and Text in Ancient Greece ; 3. Literacy and Books ; 4. Epic Poetry ; 5. Lyric poetry ; 6. Tragedy ; 7. Comedy ; 8. Historiography ; 9. Oratory ; 10. Low Philosophy ; 11. High Philosophy ; 12. Magic ; 13. Medicine ; 14. Music ; 15. Exact Sciences ; 16. Hellenistic Poetry ; 17. Biography ; 18. The Novel ; 19. Performance ; IV. METHODS AND APPROACHES ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Comparative Approaches to the Study of Culture ; 3. Postcolonialism ; 4. Demography and Sociology ; 5. Myth, Mythology, and Mythography ; 6. Gender Studies ; 7. Comparative Philology and Linguistics ; 8. Epigraphy ; 9. Archaeology ; 10. Numismatics ; 11. Manuscript Studies ; 12. Papyrology ; 13. Textual Criticism ; 14. Commentaries ; 15. Psychoanalysis ; 16. Translation Studies ; 17. Film Studies ; 18. Reception ...
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- I. Hellenes and Hellenisms
- 1: Introduction
- 2: James I. Porter: Hellenism and Modernity
- 3: Yannis Hamilakis: Indigenous Hellenisms / Indigenous Modernities
- 4: Robert Rollinger: Near Eastern Perspectives on the Greeks
- 5: Franco De Angelis: Colonies and Colonization
- 6: Polly Low: The Athenian Empire
- 7: Pierre Briant: Alexander the Great
- 8: Susan Stephens: Hellenistic Culture
- 9: Alessandro Barchiesi: Roman Perspectives on the Greeks
- 10: Tim Whitmarsh: Greece under Rome
- 11: Erich S. Gruen: Hebraism and Hellenism
- 12: Gotthard Strohmaier: The Greek Heritage in Islam
- 13: Christopher S. Celenza: Hellenism in the Renaissance
- 14: Paul Cartledge: Hellenism in the Enlightenment
- 15: Luciano Canfora: Ideologies of Hellenism
- II. The Polis
- 1: Introduction
- 2: James Redfield: The Polis
- 3: Sara Forsdyke: Civic Institutions
- 4: Sitta von Reden: Economy and Trade
- 5: Peter Hunt: War and Society
- 6: Robin Osborne: Urban Landscape and Architecture
- 7: John Ma: The City as Memory
- 8: Christopher Gill: Ancient Concepts of Personal Identity
- 9: Fiona Hobden: Symposium and the Culture of Consumption
- 10: Claude Calame: Age, Peer Groups, Rites of Passage
- 11: Eva Cantarella: Friendship, Love, and Marriage
- 12: Laura McClure: Sexuality and Gender
- 13: Page duBois: Slavery
- 14: Benjamin Isaac: Ethnic Prejudice and Racism
- 15: Kim Ayodeji: Maritime Identities
- 16: Maria Pretzler: Travel and Travel Writing
- 17: Julia Kindt: Religion
- 18: Jason König: Games and Festivals
- 19: Carol Dougherty: Just Visiting: The Mobile World of Classical Athens
- 20: C. J. Rowe: Political Theory
- III. Performance and Texts
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Gregory Nagy: Performance and Text in Ancient Greece
- 3: Wolfgang Rösler: Literacy and Books
- 4: Johannes Haubold: Epic Poetry
- 5: Andrea Capra: Lyric poetry
- 6: Oliver Taplin: Tragedy
- 7: David Konstan: Comedy
- 8: Caroline Dewald: Historiography
- 9: Lene Rubinstein: Oratory
- 10: William D. Desmond: Low Philosophy
- 11: Dirk Baltzly: High Philosophy
- 12: Derek Collins: Magic
- 13: Brooke Holmes: Medicine
- 14: Eleonora Rocconi: Music
- 15: Reviel Netz: Exact Sciences
- 16: Alexander Sens: Hellenistic Poetry
- 17: Christopher Pelling: Biography
- 18: Stephen A. Nimis: The Novel
- 19: Andrew Ford: Performance
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