The ancient Greek historians (Harvard lectures) / by J. B. Bury...
J. B. Bury (John Bagnell), 1861-1927
ספרThe 'great man' of later Greek historical thought is the long product of traceable changes in ancient ideas about the meaning and impact of an individual life. At least as early as the birth of the Athenian democracy, questions about the ownership of the motion of history were being publicly posed and publicly challenged. The responses to these questions, however, gradually shifted over time, in reaction to historical and political developments during the fifth and fourth centuries BC. These ideological changes are illuminated by portrayals of the roles played by individuals and groups in significant historical events, as depicted in historiography, funerary monuments, and inscriptions. The emergence in these media of the individual as an indispensable agent of history provides an additional explanation for the reception of Alexander 'the Great': the Greek world had long since been prepared to understand him as it did.
כותר |
Historical agency and the 'great man' in classical Greece / Sarah Brown Ferrario. [electronic resource] |
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כותרים נוספים |
Historical Agency & the 'Great Man' in Classical Greece |
מוציא לאור |
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
שנה |
2014 |
הערות |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
The search for the 'great man' -- Man, myth, and memory under the early Athenian democracy -- Culture clash? individuals and groups in the histories of Herodotus -- Claims to immortality: memories of the Peloponnesian War -- Into the fourth century: learning one's limits, knowing one's place -- Out beyond Athens: historical agency in Sparta and Thebes -- A 'new world order'? Philip II of Macedon -- Alexander 'The Great' -- Conclusion. |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (xiii, 409 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
שפה |
אנגלית |
מספר מערכת |
997012635365605171 |
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