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'The Eyesore of Aigina': Anti-Athenian Attitudes across the Greek, Hellenistic and Roman Worlds
Edited By Powell Ant
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Description for 'The Eyesore of Aigina': Anti-Athenian Attitudes across the Greek, Hellenistic and Roman Worlds
Hardcover. This volume traces negative thinking about Athens from the late archaic period to Roman times. It challenges the easy modern supposition that Athens was generally seen as the cultural emblem of Greece, and casts light on the thinking of ancient peoples who - nowadays - tend to exist in Athens' shadow. Editor(s): Meidani, Katerina; Powell, Anton. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Our ideas about ancient Athens are constructed very largely from the writings of Athenian authors. Relatively rare are our sources for how others - whether Greeks, Asiatics or Romans - saw Athens from the outside. Yet we can see that not only did many across the Mediterranean world resist the political power of Athens in countless wars over several centuries, but that there existed an intriguing variety of anti-Athenian ideologies. This volume traces negative thinking about Athens from the late archaic period to Roman times. It challenges the easy modern supposition that Athens was generally seen as the cultural ... Read more
Our ideas about ancient Athens are constructed very largely from the writings of Athenian authors. Relatively rare are our sources for how others - whether Greeks, Asiatics or Romans - saw Athens from the outside. Yet we can see that not only did many across the Mediterranean world resist the political power of Athens in countless wars over several centuries, but that there existed an intriguing variety of anti-Athenian ideologies. This volume traces negative thinking about Athens from the late archaic period to Roman times. It challenges the easy modern supposition that Athens was generally seen as the cultural ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Classical Press of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Swansea, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905125593
SKU
V9781905125593
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About Edited By Powell Ant
ANTON POWELL has published extensively on the history of Sparta, Athens – and the literature of the Roman Revolution. He is the author of an introduction to source-criticism in Greek history, Athens and Sparta (3rd edition 2016). He founded the International Sparta Seminar, and with Stephen Hodkinson has edited many of its volumes. He is also the editor of Wiley-Blackwell’s ... Read more
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