Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution:

"This book examines the impact of the Roman cultural revolution under Augustus on the Roman province of Greece. It argues that the transformation of Roman Greece into a classicizing 'museum' was a specific response of the provincial Greek elites to the cultural politics of the Roman i...

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Main Author: Spawforth, Antony (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2012
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Greek culture in the Roman world
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Summary:"This book examines the impact of the Roman cultural revolution under Augustus on the Roman province of Greece. It argues that the transformation of Roman Greece into a classicizing 'museum' was a specific response of the provincial Greek elites to the cultural politics of the Roman imperial monarchy. Against a background of Roman debates about Greek culture and Roman decadence, Augustus promoted the ideal of a Roman debt to a 'classical' Greece rooted in Europe and morally opposed to a stereotyped Asia. In Greece the regime signalled its admiration for Athens, Sparta, Olympia and Plataea as symbols of these past Greek glories. Cued by the Augustan monarchy, provincial-Greek notables expressed their Roman orientation by competitive cultural work (revival of ritual; restoration of buildings) aimed at further emphasising Greece's 'classical' legacy. Reprised by Hadrian, the Augustan construction of 'classical' Greece helped to promote the archaism typifying Greek culture under the principate"--
Item Description:Literaturverz. S. 275 - 308. - Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Physical Description:VIII, 319 S. Ill.
ISBN:9781107012110
9781107525788

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