Imagining Xerxes: Ancient Perspectives on a Persian King: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception
Autor Emma Bridgesen Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 noi 2014
Toate formatele și edițiile | Preț | Express |
---|---|---|
Paperback (1) | 224.70 lei 6-8 săpt. | |
Bloomsbury Publishing – 23 sep 2015 | 224.70 lei 6-8 săpt. | |
Hardback (1) | 771.78 lei 6-8 săpt. | |
Bloomsbury Publishing – 19 noi 2014 | 771.78 lei 6-8 săpt. |
Din seria Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception
- 11% Preț: 220.41 lei
- 14% Preț: 180.16 lei
- 22% Preț: 225.44 lei
- Preț: 90.69 lei
- Preț: 90.37 lei
- 30% Preț: 540.31 lei
- 11% Preț: 218.57 lei
- 30% Preț: 597.59 lei
- Preț: 496.27 lei
- 22% Preț: 224.60 lei
- 22% Preț: 237.37 lei
- 30% Preț: 568.82 lei
- 22% Preț: 223.69 lei
- 30% Preț: 597.10 lei
- 21% Preț: 218.31 lei
- 21% Preț: 218.13 lei
- 21% Preț: 218.31 lei
- 21% Preț: 217.30 lei
- 21% Preț: 219.22 lei
- 23% Preț: 184.92 lei
- 22% Preț: 225.61 lei
- 30% Preț: 567.35 lei
- 30% Preț: 568.73 lei
- 19% Preț: 166.09 lei
- 23% Preț: 198.71 lei
- 23% Preț: 254.16 lei
- 22% Preț: 260.67 lei
- 30% Preț: 596.69 lei
- 22% Preț: 259.75 lei
- 30% Preț: 568.89 lei
- 30% Preț: 541.01 lei
Preț: 771.78 lei
Preț vechi: 989.98 lei
-22% Nou
Puncte Express: 1158
Preț estimativ în valută:
147.72€ • 153.54$ • 122.36£
147.72€ • 153.54$ • 122.36£
Carte tipărită la comandă
Livrare economică 05-19 februarie 25
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472514271
ISBN-10: 1472514270
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 6 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1472514270
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 6 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
The first work to explore the multifarious approaches to the controversial, influential figure of Xerxes
Notă biografică
Emma Bridges is an Associate Lecturer in Classics at the Open University, UK.
Cuprins
Introduction: Encountering Xerxes1. Staging Xerxes: Aeschylus and beyond2. Historiographical enquiry: the Herodotean Xerxes-narrative3. Xerxes in his own write? The Persian perspective4. Pride, panhellenism and propaganda: Xerxes in the fourth century BC5. The king at court: alternative (hi)stories of Xerxes6. The past as a paradigm: Xerxes in a world ruled by RomeEpilogue: Re-imagining XerxesBibliographyIndex
Recenzii
Bridges well demonstrates the remarkable longevity that the ideologically-charged figure of Xerxes enjoyed in Greek and Roman literature over a span of almost a thousand years. One of the most valuable aspects of Bridges' book is its marshalling of such a great variety of Greek and Roman texts that deal with Xerxes.
[A] fascinating and compendious survey of ancient attitudes to Xerxes.
A fresh and rewarding approach to some familiar (and some less so) material ... [and a] rewarding study.
This book convincingly illustrates the significance of the early Xerxes traditions found in Aeschylus and Herodotus, and the enduring interest in the Great King throughout classical antiquity. It will also serve as a vital starting point for those who wish to consider further ancient responses to Persian kingship, and might well inspire further inquiry into post-classical receptions of Xerxes and the Achaemenid dynasty.
Bridges tracks her subject tenaciously through what survives of the ancient material and discusses an impressive range of evidence ... Bridges uses concise and elegant prose and has a facility for swift but comprehensive introductions.
This readable book is highly recommended to anyone interested in cultural history, especially those who study the Greco-Roman portrayals of ancient Iranian history.
Few events left such a vivid impression on history as the invasion of Greece by Xerxes, King of Persia. In this lively, erudite and nuanced cultural history of the ancient portraits of Xerxes, Emma Bridges throws fresh new light on the ancient - and modern - western images of Asia and its archetypal ruler.
The central concern of Dr Bridges' original and challenging exercise in ancient reception-studies is to explore the richness and variety of Persian Great King Xerxes' afterlives within a diverse and complex literary tradition. This is a powerfully written and conceptually sophisticated treatment of an important topic within classical studies, which has the added appeal of including an excellent discussion of the cinematic reception of Xerxes in the 21st century.
What to make of Xerxes? Ruthless tyrant? Hubris personified? Prisoner of history? Glorious war-lord? Victim of fortune? Decadent playboy? Lubricious harem-master? Or just the foil for Greece's glory, the great invader who brought out the best in those freedom-fighters of 480 BCE? He was all of those things, and Emma Bridges' beautifully written book traces all the shifts in the ideas and stories and fantasies that later generations wove as they dwelt on Greece's finest hour.
[A] fascinating and compendious survey of ancient attitudes to Xerxes.
A fresh and rewarding approach to some familiar (and some less so) material ... [and a] rewarding study.
This book convincingly illustrates the significance of the early Xerxes traditions found in Aeschylus and Herodotus, and the enduring interest in the Great King throughout classical antiquity. It will also serve as a vital starting point for those who wish to consider further ancient responses to Persian kingship, and might well inspire further inquiry into post-classical receptions of Xerxes and the Achaemenid dynasty.
Bridges tracks her subject tenaciously through what survives of the ancient material and discusses an impressive range of evidence ... Bridges uses concise and elegant prose and has a facility for swift but comprehensive introductions.
This readable book is highly recommended to anyone interested in cultural history, especially those who study the Greco-Roman portrayals of ancient Iranian history.
Few events left such a vivid impression on history as the invasion of Greece by Xerxes, King of Persia. In this lively, erudite and nuanced cultural history of the ancient portraits of Xerxes, Emma Bridges throws fresh new light on the ancient - and modern - western images of Asia and its archetypal ruler.
The central concern of Dr Bridges' original and challenging exercise in ancient reception-studies is to explore the richness and variety of Persian Great King Xerxes' afterlives within a diverse and complex literary tradition. This is a powerfully written and conceptually sophisticated treatment of an important topic within classical studies, which has the added appeal of including an excellent discussion of the cinematic reception of Xerxes in the 21st century.
What to make of Xerxes? Ruthless tyrant? Hubris personified? Prisoner of history? Glorious war-lord? Victim of fortune? Decadent playboy? Lubricious harem-master? Or just the foil for Greece's glory, the great invader who brought out the best in those freedom-fighters of 480 BCE? He was all of those things, and Emma Bridges' beautifully written book traces all the shifts in the ideas and stories and fantasies that later generations wove as they dwelt on Greece's finest hour.