Hallie M Franks

The World Underfoot

Mosaics and Metaphor in the Greek Symposium

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on discourses in the sociology and anthropology of space, the author presents an innovative new interpretation of pebble mosaic imagery as an active contributor to the ancient Greek symposium as a metaphorical experience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780190863166
• ISBN-10: 0190863161
• Artikelnr.: 50987679

Autorenporträt

Hallie M. Franks is Associate Professor of Ancient Studies at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study and the author of Hunters, Heroes, Kings: The Frieze of Tomb II at Vergina (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Symposium, the Andron, the Mosaics
Chapter 2. The Journey Out: Symposium at Sea
Chapter 3. The Journey In: Dionysos the Traveler
Chapter 4. The Journey Around: Turns and Turn-taking
Chapter 5. The Journey Back: Symposia of the Past
Conclusion
References