Describing Greece Landscape and Literature in the Periegesis of Pausanias

Informationen zum Autor William Hutton is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at the College of William & Mary, Virginia. He has published articles on classical studies in Minos and Ancient History Bulletin. Klappentext Examines the most important work of non-fiction travel literature in antiquity! Pausanias' Description of Greece. Zusammenfassung Pausanias' Description of Greece is the most important non-fictional travel work in ancient Greek literature. It is here explored against contemporary literary currents and the archaeological remains of those places described. Pausanias emerges as a unique witness to what it meant to be a Greek subject of the Roman Empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Pausanias' world; 3. Designing the Periegesis; 4. Marking territories; 5. City descriptions; 6. The landscapes of language; 7. Sui generis; 8. A periegete's progress.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William Hutton, William (College of William and Mary Hutton, Hutton William
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 20.10.2005
• Categoria: Viaggi > Reportage di viaggio, racconti di viaggio; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica classica
• EAN: 9780521847209
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84720-9
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 16 x 23.6 x 2.5 cm
• Serie: Greek Culture in the Roman World; Greek Culture in the Roman World
• Categorie: European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, Ancient World, Ancient History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Archaeology by period / region, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology