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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-101472591666
ISBN-139781472591661
eBay Product ID (ePID)202538420
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGreek Political Imagery from Homer to Aristotle
Publication Year2014
SubjectAncient / Greece, General, Ancient & Classical, Subjects & Themes / Politics
TypeTextbook
AuthorRoger Brock
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Psychology, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.8 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsRoger Brock's subtle, important and lucidly-written book is the first full-length study of a pervasive aspect of ancient Greek public life: its political imagery. By examining some of the ancient world's greatest poetic and prose texts from this new angle, he convincingly traces and explains changes in attitudes over the well-documented centuries between Homer and Aristotle.
Dewey Decimal880.9358
Table Of ContentIntroduction Gods as Kings, Kings as Gods The State as a Household The Shepherd of the People The Ship of State The Body Politic Leaders and Communities: The Archaic Period Democracy and Autocracy: The Fifth Century Orators and Philosophers: The Fourth Century Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisThe great helmsman, the watchdog of the people, the medicine the state needs: all these images originated in ancient Greece, yet retain the capacity to influence an audience today. This is the first systematic study of political imagery in ancient Greek literature, history and thought, tracing it from its appearance, influenced by Near Eastern precursors, in Homer and Hesiod, to the end of the classical period and Plato's deployment of images like the helmsman and the doctor in the service of his political philosophy. The historical narrative is complemented by thematic studies of influential complexes of images such as the ship of state, the shepherd of the people, and the state as a household, and enhanced by parallels from later literature and history which illustrate the persistence of Greek concepts in later eras.
LC Classification NumberPA3015.P63
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