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Apollonius of Rhodes and the Spaces of Hellenism: Classical Culture and Society

Autor William G. Thalmann
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 sep 2011
Although Apollonius of Rhodes' extraordinary epic poem on the Argonauts' quest for the Golden Fleece has begun to get the attention it deserves, it still is not well known to many readers and scholars. This book explores the poem's relation to the conditions of its writing in third century BCE Alexandria, where a multicultural environment transformed the Greeks' understanding of themselves and the world. Apollonius uses the resources of the imagination - the myth of the Argonauts' voyage and their encounters with other peoples - to probe the expanded possibilities and the anxieties opened up when definitions of Hellenism and boundaries between Greeks and others were exposed to question. Central to this concern with definitions is the poem's representation of space. Thalmann uses spatial theories from cultural geography and anthropology to argue that the Argo's itinerary defines space from a Greek perspective that is at the same time qualified. Its limits are exposed, and the signs with which the Argonauts mark space by their passage preserve the stories of their complex interactions with non-Greeks. The book closely considers many episodes in the narrative with regard to the Argonauts' redefinition of space and the implications of their actions for the Greeks' situation in Egypt, and it ends by considering Alexandria itself as a space that accommodated both Greek and Egyptian cultures.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780199731572
ISBN-10: 0199731578
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 5 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 239 x 163 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Seria Classical Culture and Society

Locul publicării:New York, United States

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Thalmann has done the Argonautica a real service.
An innovative approach to a complex poem.
In focusing on cultural difference, Thalmann makes an important step forward in appreciating the Argonautika both as poetry and as a product of Ptolemaic Alexandria. He demonstrates the power of spatial analysis to connect erudition with storytelling and to uncover historical vision in what has been regarded as mere artfulness. In a theoretical argument that is both rigorous and accessible, he uses the dynamics of displacement to advance the crucial project of placing Apollonius.
Apollonius of Rhodes and the Spaces of Hellenism is elegantly conceived, extensively researched, and beautifully written, and I have learned much in reading it.

Notă biografică

William G. Thalmann is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, University of Southern California