| Valuing the Past in the Greco-Roman World: Proceedings from the Penn-Leiden Colloquia on Ancient Values VII Contributor(s): Pieper, Christoph (Editor), Ker, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004269231 ISBN-13: 9789004269231 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $200.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - History | Ancient - Greece - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 938 |
| Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements |
| Physical Information: 1.34" H x 6.39" W x 9.45" (2.16 lbs) 557 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The 'classical tradition' is no invention of modernity. Already in ancient Greece and Rome, the privileging of the ancient played a role in social and cultural discourses of every period. A collaboration between scholars in diverse areas of classical studies, this volume addresses literary and material evidence for ancient notions of valuing (or disvaluing) the deep past from approximately the fifth century BCE until the second century CE. It examines how specific communities used notions of antiquity to define themselves or others, which models from the past proved most desirable, what literary or exegetic modes they employed, and how temporal systems for ascribing value intersected with the organization of space, the production of narrative, or the application of aesthetic criteria. |