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Troy Between Greece and Rome Local Tradition and Imperial Power

Erskine Andrew
Innbundet / 2001 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199240333
Publisert
2001
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
500 gr
Høyde
224 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
33 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
332

Forfatter
Erskine Andrew

Om bidragsyterne

Andrew Erskine is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics, University College Dublin.

Troy Between Greece and Rome Local Tradition and Imperial Power

Erskine Andrew
Innbundet / 2001 / Engelsk
Erskine Andrew
Innbundet / 2001 / Engelsk
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The strengths of this book are its nuances, its marshalling of evidence and its subtle understanding of the problem of identity. There are numerous illuminating details of argument ... We learn a good deal about views of Troy beyond Athens, Alexander and Rome, which is refreshing and helpful, and Erskine's account of Rome's interest in Ilion itself is a textbook analysis of identity politics. This will be an interesting book for scholars, useful to students and accessible even to sixth formers.

The Journal of Classics Teaching

... wealth of fresh observation distilled into this illuminating book.

Journal of Roman Studies

Erskine refreshingly abandons any notion of the intrinsic significance of the myths ... the antiquarian-minded non-specialist will find much to enjoy in the bizarre local adaptations, and their articulation in a wide variety of archaeological and literary sources ... a refreshing demand to think again about how myths, particularly foundation myths, can do their work even against the most obvious demands of both rationality and tradition.

Matthew Fox, Times Literary Supplement

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A detailed and spirited sifting of evidence.

Peter Stothard, Times Higher Education Supplement

Troy linked Greece and Rome. It was once the subject of the greatest of Greek poems and the mother city of the Romans. It gave the Romans a place in the mythical past of the Greeks, it gave Greeks a way of approaching Rome, and it gave the emperor Augustus, descendant of Aeneas, a suitably elevated ancestry. In this book Andrew Erskine examines the role and meaning of Troy in the changing relationship between Greeks and Romans, as Rome is transformed from a minor Italian city into a Mediterranean superpower. In contrast to earlier studies the emphasis is on the Greek rather than the Roman perspective. The book seeks to understand the significance of Rome's Trojan origins for the Greeks by considering the place of Troy and Trojans in Greek culture. It moves beyond the more familiar spheres of art and literature to explore the countless, overlapping, local traditions, the stories that cities told about themselves, a world often neglected by scholars.
Les mer
The Trojans were the most famous losers in Greek mythology. Yet according to tradition their descendants went on to found Rome, the most powerful city in the Mediterranean. Andrew Erskine explores the role and meaning of Troy in the changing relationship between Greeks and Romans.
Les mer
The strengths of this book are its nuances, its marshalling of evidence and its subtle understanding of the problem of identity. There are numerous illuminating details of argument ... We learn a good deal about views of Troy beyond Athens, Alexander and Rome, which is refreshing and helpful, and Erskine's account of Rome's interest in Ilion itself is a textbook analysis of identity politics. This will be an interesting book for scholars, useful to students and accessible even to sixth formers.
Les mer
`Andrew Erskine has now covered the ground, with ample perspectives, new insights and varied expertise. Additionally, with extreme (perhaps specially Irish) courtesy; this is not common in scholarship and certainly not common in Aeneas-studies.' Hermathena: A Trinity College Dublin Review `A detailed and spirited sifting of evidence' Peter Stothard, Times Higher Education Supplement
Les mer
A first look at the impact of the myth and reality of Troy on the Greek world Sheds new light on the relationship between the Greeks and their Roman masters
Andrew Erskine is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics, University College Dublin.
A first look at the impact of the myth and reality of Troy on the Greek world Sheds new light on the relationship between the Greeks and their Roman masters

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The strengths of this book are its nuances, its marshalling of evidence and its subtle understanding of the problem of identity. There are numerous illuminating details of argument ... We learn a good deal about views of Troy beyond Athens, Alexander and Rome, which is refreshing and helpful, and Erskine's account of Rome's interest in Ilion itself is a textbook analysis of identity politics. This will be an interesting book for scholars, useful to students and accessible even to sixth formers.

The Journal of Classics Teaching

... wealth of fresh observation distilled into this illuminating book.

Journal of Roman Studies

Erskine refreshingly abandons any notion of the intrinsic significance of the myths ... the antiquarian-minded non-specialist will find much to enjoy in the bizarre local adaptations, and their articulation in a wide variety of archaeological and literary sources ... a refreshing demand to think again about how myths, particularly foundation myths, can do their work even against the most obvious demands of both rationality and tradition.

Matthew Fox, Times Literary Supplement

Se alle

A detailed and spirited sifting of evidence.

Peter Stothard, Times Higher Education Supplement

Troy linked Greece and Rome. It was once the subject of the greatest of Greek poems and the mother city of the Romans. It gave the Romans a place in the mythical past of the Greeks, it gave Greeks a way of approaching Rome, and it gave the emperor Augustus, descendant of Aeneas, a suitably elevated ancestry. In this book Andrew Erskine examines the role and meaning of Troy in the changing relationship between Greeks and Romans, as Rome is transformed from a minor Italian city into a Mediterranean superpower. In contrast to earlier studies the emphasis is on the Greek rather than the Roman perspective. The book seeks to understand the significance of Rome's Trojan origins for the Greeks by considering the place of Troy and Trojans in Greek culture. It moves beyond the more familiar spheres of art and literature to explore the countless, overlapping, local traditions, the stories that cities told about themselves, a world often neglected by scholars.
Les mer
The Trojans were the most famous losers in Greek mythology. Yet according to tradition their descendants went on to found Rome, the most powerful city in the Mediterranean. Andrew Erskine explores the role and meaning of Troy in the changing relationship between Greeks and Romans.
Les mer
The strengths of this book are its nuances, its marshalling of evidence and its subtle understanding of the problem of identity. There are numerous illuminating details of argument ... We learn a good deal about views of Troy beyond Athens, Alexander and Rome, which is refreshing and helpful, and Erskine's account of Rome's interest in Ilion itself is a textbook analysis of identity politics. This will be an interesting book for scholars, useful to students and accessible even to sixth formers.
Les mer
`Andrew Erskine has now covered the ground, with ample perspectives, new insights and varied expertise. Additionally, with extreme (perhaps specially Irish) courtesy; this is not common in scholarship and certainly not common in Aeneas-studies.' Hermathena: A Trinity College Dublin Review `A detailed and spirited sifting of evidence' Peter Stothard, Times Higher Education Supplement
Les mer
A first look at the impact of the myth and reality of Troy on the Greek world Sheds new light on the relationship between the Greeks and their Roman masters
Andrew Erskine is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics, University College Dublin.
A first look at the impact of the myth and reality of Troy on the Greek world Sheds new light on the relationship between the Greeks and their Roman masters

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199240333
Publisert
2001
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
500 gr
Høyde
224 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
33 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
332

Forfatter
Erskine Andrew

Om bidragsyterne

Andrew Erskine is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics, University College Dublin.

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