Sarah Brown Ferrario

Historical Agency and the 'Great Man' in Classical Greece

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the evolution of 'great man theory' in classical Greece, not only in historical writing, but also in popular thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 183mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 907g
• ISBN-13: 9781107037342
• ISBN-10: 1107037344
• Artikelnr.: 41477759

Autorenporträt

Sarah Brown Ferrario is Associate Professor of Greek and Latin at The Catholic University of America. She is a specialist in Greek history and literature, particularly of the fifth and fourth centuries BC.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The search for the 'great man'
2. Man, myth, and memory under the early Athenian democracy
3. Culture clash? Reading individuals and groups in the Histories of Herodotus
4. Claims to immortality: memories of the Peloponnesian War
5. Learning one's limits, knowing one's place
6. Out beyond Athens
7. A 'new world order'?
8. Alexander 'the Great'
9. Conclusion.