Oswyn Murray

The Muse of History

The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present

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Produktbeschreibung

Oswyn Murray charts the shifting uses of the ancient past, showing how three centuries of scholars interpreted ancient Greece in the light of contemporary political interests. Rich in stories and portraits of influential thinkers, The Muse of History is a powerful reminder that the meaning of the past is always made in and for the present.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1038g
• ISBN-13: 9780674297456
• ISBN-10: 0674297458
• Artikelnr.: 70160104

Autorenporträt

Oswyn Murray is an emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford, and a leading scholar of the ancient world. He has written widely translated books including Early Greece and The Symposion: Drinking Greek Style and is the coeditor of The Oxford History of the Classical World.