Studies in Honour of T.P. Wiseman
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Köp båda 2 för 2803 krSome of these essays are . . . quite radical in their implications. Many are provocative. All are valuable. It is good to be reminded that so many different roads can lead us back to the Romans. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review * The quality of these essays, . . . eloquent testimony to what TPW has done to enliven and invigorate Roman studies over the last thirty years. * Scripta Classica Israelica, Vol. XXII * A striking feature of this collection is the extent to which all the contributions demonstrate an indebtedness to the person in whose honour they were presented. Professor T.P. Wisemans presence permeates these essays and gives them a coherence which is usually impossible to achieve in the case of most Festschriften... This is indeed a rich collection of scholarly articles, many of which employ instances of the bold yet plausible conjecture that is exemplified by much of Wisemans work. * Scholia Reviews, Vol. 13 * An all-star team has gathered to pay tribute to the work of Peter Wiseman in this impressive collection of papers the various contributions come together for a result that is much like Wisemans scholarship: a blend of historiography, literature and thought practised in excellent fashion which does much to advance our knowledge of Roman culture In sum, these papers are a fitting tribute to Peter Wisemans work. Many of the authors have interacted directly with his scholarship, some in opposition to well known theories. Yet even those who have not done so owe a clear debt to the dedicatee, for they all support and attempt to emulate the kind of interdisciplinarity which marks Wisemans publications. This should not be taken for granted. There was far greater specialization and patrolling of the disciplinary boundaries at the commencement of Wisemans academic career. Points were at times scored rather easily against (say) a historian who strayed leaden-footed into the world of literature, or into the world of a particular writer, and failed to appreciate the nuances of extract lifted clumsily out of context. It needed scholars of Wisemans learning and personality to break this mould and inspire others to emulate them. There can be little doubt that he is a pioneer and that the study of Roman culture is much the better for his example and leadership. In fact, we have to think in broad holistic terms of culture when we read him. * Prudentia * We have here thirteen solid and stimulating papers from some of the brightest stars in the firmament of Roman studies, as well as an informative introduction by the editors... The editors, both highly respected scholars at Exeter, have done their work carefully, and the book is handsomely produced, with a striking reproduction of a detail from a fourth century B.C. bronze cista on its cover, clear illustrations and maps, and helpful indices. The content, however, is the most important thing; the individual essays run the gamut of Roman studies from the beginning to the end of the republican period... Every college and university library should own it, and everyone interested in Roman history, myth, and culture would profit from reading it. * New England Classical Journal, Vol. 31, No. 2 * This is a delightful and important book... The book is handsomely produced and bound. The editors have done a splendid job... It should, therefore, be read by any JACT member who genuinely cares about Roman studies. Another ideal gift. Joint Association of Classical Teachers, (JACT), Issue 34 * (JACT), Issue 34 *
Christopher Gill is Professor of Ancient Thought, University of Exeter. His books include Form and Argument in Late Plato (OUP, 1996) and a translation of Plato, Symposium (Penguin, 1999). David Braund is Professor of Ancient History, and head of the Classics and Ancient History department at the University of Exeter. His particular specialism lies in the Black Sea region, especially Russia, Ukraine and Georgia, and he speaks Russian and Georgian fluently. His books include The Administration of the Roman Empire (Exeter, 1988); Georgia in Antiquity: A History of Transcaucasian Georgia, 550 BC-AD 562 (Oxford, 1994); Ruling Roman Britain: Kings, Queens, Governors and Emperors from Caesar to Agricola (Routledge, 1996).
Part 1 An appreciation of the work of T.P Wiseman, Elaine Fantham. Part 2 Land and people in republican Italy, Michael Crawford Le megalografie dell'oecus della villa di Boscoreale: programma iconografico e programma politico (in English translation), Mario Torelli Remoria (in English translation), Filippo Corelli Becoming historical - the Roman case, Nicholas Purcell; Coriolanus - myth, history and performance, Tim Cornell The theatre of Pacuvius - melodrama and mythography, Elaine Fantham Agamemnon at Rome, Edward Champlin; Catullus - in and about Bithynia, Francis Cairns Ancestral virtues and vices - Cicero on nature, nurture and presentation, Susan Treggiari Plato with pillows - Cicero on the uses of Greek culture, James Zetzel Cleopatra in Rome - facts and fantasies, Erich Gruen Greek and Roman drama and the Aeneid, Karl Galinsky Celebrare Clio - poets and historians, Tony Woodman Autobiographical note, T.P. Wiseman Bibliography of T.P. Wiseman to date of publication