James Fraser

Luxury and power

Persia to Greece

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Produktbeschreibung

An eye-opening publication that contrasts perceptions of luxury - together with its positive and negative connotations - in imperial Persia, democratic Athens and the Hellenistic world between 600 and 200 BCE.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: British Museum Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 195mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 1074g
• ISBN-13: 9780714111964
• ISBN-10: 0714111961
• Artikelnr.: 65339221

Autorenporträt

James Fraser is Curator: Ancient Levant and Anatolia, Department of the Middle East, British Museum and Curator of the exhibition Power and prestige: Cyrus to Alexander at the British Museum in 2023. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor in Ancient History at Cardiff University and Director of the Ancient Iran Program for the British Institute of Persian Studies. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Persians: The Age of the Great Kings (2022). Henry Bishop-Wright is Project Curator of the exhibition Power and prestige: Cyrus to Alexander at the British Museum in 2023.

Inhaltsangabe

Forewords
Introduction
1. Feasting like kings: luxury in Achaemenid Persia — Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
2. Guilty pleasures: luxury in classical Athens - James Fraser
3. Power and prestige in Alexander's empire and its successor kingdoms -
Henry Bishop-Wright
Notes and bibliography
Acknowledgements, picture credits and index