| City, Countryside, and the Spatial Organization of Value in Classical Antiquity Contributor(s): Rosen, Ralph (Editor), Sluiter, Ineke (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004150439 ISBN-13: 9789004150430 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $216.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: This book presents papers by fourteen distinguished Classicists on the ancient dichotomy polarity of 'city' and 'countryside' as a reflection of ancient values and cultural ideology. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Criticism | Medieval - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 333.7 |
| Series: Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.54" W x 9.6" (1.90 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The third in a series that explores cultural and ethical values in Classical antiquity, this volume examines the dichotomy between 'city' and 'country' in ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Fourteen papers address a variety of topics on this theme, and include a variety of methodological approaches--archaeological, iconographic, literary and philosophical. The book demonstrates that, despite a common rhetoric of polarity in antiquity that tended to construct city and countryside as very distinct, oppositional categories, there was far less consistency (and far more nuance) about the ideologies felt to inhere in each. |