Greek Perspectives on the Achaemenid Empire

Persia Through the Looking Glass

AvJanett Morgan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Del i serien Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia

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Beskrivning

How did the Greek view of Persia and Persians change so radically in the archaic and classical Greek sources that they turned from noble warriors into peacock-loving cross-dressers with murderous mothers? This book looks at the development of a range of responses to the Achaemenids and their Empire. Through a study of ancient texts and material evidence from the archaic and classical periods, Janett Morgan investigates the historical, political and social factors that inspired and manipulated different identities for Persia and the Persians within Greece.Key Features:an interdisciplinary approach to investigating cultural contact and cultural exchange to explore the Greek response to Persiaoffers unique insights into the role of Greek social elites and political communities in creating different representations of the Achaemenid Persians and their EmpireKeywords

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-03-07
Mått:156 x 234 x 24 mm
Vikt:804 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia
Antal sidor:392
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9780748647231

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Janett Morgan is an interdisciplinary ancient Greek historian. Her research focuses on material culture and its representation in ancient texts, investigating the ways in which individuals, groups and communities in Greece and Achaemenid Iran used architecture and artefacts to create religious, social and political identities and to express differences. She is the author of The Classical Greek House (Bristol Phoenix Press, 2010).

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The Greek response to Achaemenid Iran is sometimes seen as a special case within the wider story of interaction between the Greek and non-Greek worlds. Janett Morgan insists that this is not so, and her claim is one to which students of Greek cultural history will have to pay serious attention.'

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Perspectives, Looking-Glasses and the Achaemenid Empire1. Journeys of the Mind: Greek perspectives of the East before the Achaemenid Empire2. Journeys through the Looking-Glass: early perspectives of the Achaemenid Empire3. Facing the Gorgon: reactions to the Achaemenid Empire in Classical Athens4. What the Butler saw: intimate perspectives of King and court in Classical Ionian texts5. The Mirror Crack’d: Spartan responses to the east and the Achaemenid Empire6. Entering the Hall of Mirrors: Macedonia and the Achaemenid EmpireConclusion: travelling with eunuchsBibliography