Janett Morgan

Greek Perspectives on the Achaemenid Empire (eBook, ePUB)

Persia Through the Looking Glass

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How did the Greek view of Persia and Persians change so radically in the archaic and classical Greek sources that they turned from noble warriors into peacock-loving cross-dressers with murderous mothers? This book looks at the development of a range of responses to the Achaemenids and their Empire. Through a study of ancient texts and material evidence from the archaic and classical periods, Janett Morgan investigates the historical, political and social factors that inspired and manipulated different identities for Persia and the Persians within Greece.Key Features:an interdisciplinary approach to investigating cultural contact and cultural exchange to explore the Greek response to Persiaoffers unique insights into the role of Greek social elites and political communities in creating different representations of the Achaemenid Persians and their EmpireKeywords

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474404556
• Artikelnr.: 72429042

Autorenporträt

Janett Morgan is an interdisciplinary ancient Greek historian. Her research focuses on material culture and its representation in ancient texts, investigating the ways in which individuals, groups and communities in Greece and Achaemenid Iran used architecture and artefacts to create religious, social and political identities and to express differences. She is the author of The Classical Greek House (Bristol Phoenix Press, 2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Perspectives, Looking-Glasses and the Achaemenid Empire
1. Journeys of the Mind: Greek perspectives of the East before the
Achaemenid Empire
2. Journeys through the Looking-Glass: early perspectives of the Achaemenid
Empire
3. Facing the Gorgon: reactions to the Achaemenid Empire in Classical
Athens
4. What the Butler saw: intimate perspectives of King and court in
Classical Ionian texts
5. The Mirror Crack'd: Spartan responses to the east and the Achaemenid
Empire
6. Entering the Hall of Mirrors: Macedonia and the Achaemenid Empire
Conclusion: travelling with eunuchs
Bibliography