Author: Henry Theodore Wade-Gery
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Category : Greece
Languages : en
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Jason of Pherae and Aleuas the Red
Author: Henry Theodore Wade-Gery
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Category : Greece
Languages : en
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Category : Greece
Languages : en
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The Failings of Empire
Author: Christopher Tuplin
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN: 9783515059121
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Current views of Xenophon's account of 404-362 BC under-play the fact that it is a chronological report of politico-military events which should be taken seriously and not seen merely as arbitrary pegs for didactic utterances. A reading of this idiosyncratic narrative is offered which shows how, by interplay of direct stress, allusiveness and telling silence, Xenophon invites a largely negative attitude to the major states and their leaders as they strive unsuccessfully for predominance. The record of Spartan aims and achievements is notably gloomy, but Thebes, Athens and Arcadia are also treated with scant respect. The disorder with which the work ends is the logical conclusion and a real source of discontent, not an excuse for terminating a narrative in which its author had lost interest.
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN: 9783515059121
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Current views of Xenophon's account of 404-362 BC under-play the fact that it is a chronological report of politico-military events which should be taken seriously and not seen merely as arbitrary pegs for didactic utterances. A reading of this idiosyncratic narrative is offered which shows how, by interplay of direct stress, allusiveness and telling silence, Xenophon invites a largely negative attitude to the major states and their leaders as they strive unsuccessfully for predominance. The record of Spartan aims and achievements is notably gloomy, but Thebes, Athens and Arcadia are also treated with scant respect. The disorder with which the work ends is the logical conclusion and a real source of discontent, not an excuse for terminating a narrative in which its author had lost interest.
Jason of Pherae
Author: Sławomir Sprawski
Publisher: Archeobooks
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This book is devoted to the Thessalian tyrant, the gifted military commander and successful politician, to a man whom Xenophon named the greatest of his contemporaries, a man who made Thessaly, for a short period, the leading power in northern Greece. It is not a biography, for such is not possible with the limited material at our disposal. It is mainly an analysis of the connections between Jason's foreign policy and his endeavours to gain the confidence and co-operation of Thessalians. I have also attempted to outline the political events in Thessaly from the beginning of the Peloponnesian War to the murder of Jason and to make some remarks on Thessalian society in this period. A new study of Jason of Pheare is warranted. The last major studies devoted to this period of Thessalian history are those by H.D. Westlake (Thessaly in the Four Century London 1935) and M. Sordi (La lega tessalafino ad Alessandro Magno. Roma 1958). The last monographs on Jason are the dissertation of K. Lemmermann (Jason van Pherai. Jena 1927) and an article by J. Mandel (Jason: The Tyrant of Pherae, Tagus of Thessaly, as Reflected in Ancient Sources and Modern Literature. The image of the 'New Tyrant'. RSA 10 (1980): 47-77.
Publisher: Archeobooks
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This book is devoted to the Thessalian tyrant, the gifted military commander and successful politician, to a man whom Xenophon named the greatest of his contemporaries, a man who made Thessaly, for a short period, the leading power in northern Greece. It is not a biography, for such is not possible with the limited material at our disposal. It is mainly an analysis of the connections between Jason's foreign policy and his endeavours to gain the confidence and co-operation of Thessalians. I have also attempted to outline the political events in Thessaly from the beginning of the Peloponnesian War to the murder of Jason and to make some remarks on Thessalian society in this period. A new study of Jason of Pheare is warranted. The last major studies devoted to this period of Thessalian history are those by H.D. Westlake (Thessaly in the Four Century London 1935) and M. Sordi (La lega tessalafino ad Alessandro Magno. Roma 1958). The last monographs on Jason are the dissertation of K. Lemmermann (Jason van Pherai. Jena 1927) and an article by J. Mandel (Jason: The Tyrant of Pherae, Tagus of Thessaly, as Reflected in Ancient Sources and Modern Literature. The image of the 'New Tyrant'. RSA 10 (1980): 47-77.
The Greek World in the 4th and 3rd Centuries BC
Author: Edward Dąbrowa
Publisher: Wydawnictwo UJ
ISBN: 8323334838
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
This volume contains eight studies written by scholars from Great Britain, Israel, Poland, and the United States. The contributors are all specialists in Greek history, and their essays deal with different aspects of the period's history, focusing on historiography, political evelopments, and military actions and events.
Publisher: Wydawnictwo UJ
ISBN: 8323334838
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
This volume contains eight studies written by scholars from Great Britain, Israel, Poland, and the United States. The contributors are all specialists in Greek history, and their essays deal with different aspects of the period's history, focusing on historiography, political evelopments, and military actions and events.
The Cambridge Ancient History
Author: John Boardman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521234474
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Volume III, Part III, explores the new prosperity and growth of the young city-states in the eighth to the sixth centuries B.C.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521234474
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Volume III, Part III, explores the new prosperity and growth of the young city-states in the eighth to the sixth centuries B.C.
Reading the Victory Ode
Author: Peter Agócs
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107007879
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
A collection of papers by international experts on one of the most paradoxical and influential poetic genres of classical antiquity.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107007879
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
A collection of papers by international experts on one of the most paradoxical and influential poetic genres of classical antiquity.
The Year's Work in Classical Studies
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Category : Classical education
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Category : Classical education
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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The Year's Work in Classical Studies ...
Author: Classical Association (Great Britain)
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Category : Classical education
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Category : Classical education
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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The Antiquaries Journal
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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The Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece
Author: Kurt Raaflaub
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226701011
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Although there is constant conflict over its meanings and limits, political freedom itself is considered a fundamental and universal value throughout the modern world. For most of human history, however, this was not the case. In this book, Kurt Raaflaub asks the essential question: when, why, and under what circumstances did the concept of freedom originate? To find out, Raaflaub analyses ancient Greek texts from Homer to Thucydides in their social and political contexts. Archaic Greece, he concludes, had little use for the idea of political freedom; the concept arose instead during the great confrontation between Greeks and Persians in the early fifth century BCE. Raaflaub then examines the relationship of freedom with other concepts, such as equality, citizenship, and law, and pursues subsequent uses of the idea—often, paradoxically, as a tool of domination, propaganda, and ideology. Raaflaub's book thus illuminates both the history of ancient Greek society and the evolution of one of humankind's most important values, and will be of great interest to anyone who wants to understand the conceptual fabric that still shapes our world views.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226701011
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Although there is constant conflict over its meanings and limits, political freedom itself is considered a fundamental and universal value throughout the modern world. For most of human history, however, this was not the case. In this book, Kurt Raaflaub asks the essential question: when, why, and under what circumstances did the concept of freedom originate? To find out, Raaflaub analyses ancient Greek texts from Homer to Thucydides in their social and political contexts. Archaic Greece, he concludes, had little use for the idea of political freedom; the concept arose instead during the great confrontation between Greeks and Persians in the early fifth century BCE. Raaflaub then examines the relationship of freedom with other concepts, such as equality, citizenship, and law, and pursues subsequent uses of the idea—often, paradoxically, as a tool of domination, propaganda, and ideology. Raaflaub's book thus illuminates both the history of ancient Greek society and the evolution of one of humankind's most important values, and will be of great interest to anyone who wants to understand the conceptual fabric that still shapes our world views.