Format:
xiv, 471 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:
9781107157613
Content:
"The culmination of a project aimed at showcasing, in a systematic way, the potential of applying anthropological perspectives to classical studies, this volume highlights the fundamental contribution this approach has to make to our understanding of ancient Roman culture. Through the close study of themes such as myth, polytheism, sacrifice, magic, space, kinship, the gift, friendship, economics, animals, plants, riddles, metaphors, and images in Roman society (often in comparison with Greece) - where the texts of ancient culture are allowed to speak in their own terms and where the experience of the "natives" (rather than the horizon of the observer) is privileged - a rich panorama emerges of the worldview, beliefs, and deep structures that shaped and guided this culture"...
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 9781316662168
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Römisches Reich
;
Anthropologie
;
Kultur
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/de/academic/subjects/classical-studies/ancient-history/world-through-roman-eyes-anthropological-approaches-ancient-culture?format=HB
Author information:
Bettini, Maurizio 1947-
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