Plutarch and History Eighteen studies.
Much of ancient history can only be written thanks to evidence supplied by Plutarch. His historical methods and qualities were for long subjected to little systematic analysis. However, in recent decades an authoritative and profoundly influential set of studies has appeared in the field, the work o...
| Основен автор: | Pelling, Christopher. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
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Havertown :
Classical Press of Wales,
2011.
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Plutarch and History : Eighteen studies. |
Съдържание:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgment; 1. Archaeology and archaic Greek history Ian Morris (Stanford University); 2. Lakonian artistic production and the problem of Spartan austerity Stephen Hodkinson (University of Manchester); 3. Sixth-century Lakonian vase-painting: continuities and discontinuities with the 'Lykourgan' ethos Anton Powell (University of Wales Institute of Classics and Ancient History); 4. Athena as Ergane and Promachos: the iconography of Athena in archaic east Greece Alexandra Villing (Lincoln College, Oxford).
- 5. A historian's headache: how to read 'Homeric society'? Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University and Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington D.C.)6. Homer's enemies: lyric and epic in the seventh century Andrew Dalby (Poitiers); 7. What was in Pandora's box? Daniel Ogden (University of Wales Swansea); 8. The new Simonides and heroization at Plataia Deborah Boedeker (Brown University and Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington D.C.); 9. Early Greek colonization? The nature of Greek settlement in the West Robin Osborne (Corpus Christi College, Oxford).
- 10. Towards thalassocracy? Archaic Greek naval developments Philip de Souza (St Mary's University College, University of Surrey)11. Cargoes of the heart's desire: the character of trade in the archaic Mediterranean world Lin Foxhall (University of Leicester); 12. Literacy and lawmaking: the case of archaic Crete James Whitley (University of Wales Cardiff); 13. Greeks bearing arms: the state, the leisure class, and the display of weapons in archaic Greece Hans van Wees (University College London).
- 14. Writing the history of archaic Greek political thought Paul Cartledge (Clare College, Cambridge)15. Cargoes of the heart's desire: the character of trade in the archaic Mediterranean world Lin Foxhall (University of Leicester); 16. Literacy and lawmaking: the case of archaic Crete James Whitley (University of Wales Cardiff); 17. Greeks bearing arms: the state, the leisure class, and the display of weapons in archaic Greece Hans van Wees (University College London); 18. Writing the history of archaic Greek political thought Paul Cartledge (Clare College, Cambridge); Bibliography.
- Index of topicsIndex of Plutarch passages; Index of passages in other authors; Index of names.