Pushing the Boundaries of Historia

Mary English (Curatore)

Lee Fratantuono (Curatore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018

Pushing the Boundaries of Historia collects together 20 chapters, whose coverage extends from the prehistory of Greece through early Christianity in the Roman Empire to the reception of classical texts by contemporary playwrights and poets. The essays range beyond Greece and Rome to the ancient realms of Persia and China and explore a vast array of ancient authors – Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Euripides, Vergil, Ovid, Livy, and Tacitus. Written by philologists, historians, epigraphers, palaeographers, archaeologists, and art historians, it brings together the best of old and new traditions of classical study, from senior emeritus faculty with established records of scholarly productivity, to the newest generation of classics and archaeology professors. What draws together the disparate strands of academic inquiry found in these pages is a passion for understanding how the lessons of the world of the ancient Greeks, Romans, and their still lamentably understudied neighbors, can offer commentary on the contemporary world.

• Curatore: Mary English, Lee Fratantuono
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
• Anno: 2018
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 314 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 604 gr.
• EAN: 9781138046320

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