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 real...

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Other Authors:	English, Mary C. (Editor), Fratantuono, Lee 1973- (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2019
Series:	Routledge monographs in classical studies Routledge monographs in classical studies
Subjects:	Civilization, Classical Classical antiquities Classical philology Historiography
Online Access:	Volltext
Summary:	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
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 302 pages)
ISBN:	9781315171487 1315171481 9781351694988 1351694987 9781351694995 1351694995 9781351695008 1351695002