Legacies Of Ancient Greece In Contemporary Perspectives
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Legacies Of Ancient Greece In Contemporary Perspectives
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Author : Thomas M. F. Gerry
language : en
Publisher: Vernon Press
Release Date : 2022-04-20
Legacies Of Ancient Greece In Contemporary Perspectives written by Thomas M. F. Gerry and has been published by Vernon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-20 with History categories.
'Legacies of Ancient Greece in Contemporary Perspectives' provides readers with opportunities to reconnect with the origins of thought in an astonishingly wide variety of areas: politics, economics, art, spirituality, gender relations, medicine, literature, philosophy, music, and so on. As the chapters in the book show, Classical Greek thought still informs much of contemporary culture. There are countless books and articles that deal with ancient Greece historically, and a similar number that focus on Greece as a contemporary travel destination. There is both a lot of interest in Greece as a place now, and in Greece’s history and culture, which formed the early origins of much of Western civilisation. The distinctive attraction of 'Legacies of Ancient Greece in Contemporary Perspectives' is that it brings together, by means of fascinating examples, the two areas of interest: Greece’s past in relation to its, and our, present. In addition to the general interest factor, the book suggests questions for re-examination: the individual chapters provide abundant original research on their subjects, and in most cases offer critiques on the assumptions about, and the interpretations of, Greece’s ancient and contemporary cultural practices. These challenges themselves stimulate far-reaching thought and discussion, a feature highly attractive to readers (and students) wishing to develop a more in-depth understanding of the legacies of ancient Greece.
What Have The Greeks Done For Modern Civilisation
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Author : J. P. Mahaffy
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-12-06
What Have The Greeks Done For Modern Civilisation written by J. P. Mahaffy and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-06 with Fiction categories.
"What Have the Greeks Done for Modern Civilisation?" by J. P. Mahaffy is a thoughtful look at one of the most important ancient civilizations through the eyes of this Irish scholar. This text is the written from of a lecture given that delves into different Greek contributions to society. From the arts like poetry, prose, painting, and music, to more technical matters like architecture, grammar, science, math, sociology, and law. Indeed, Mahaffy shows how much of tody's world is owed to the Greek.
Sport Bodily Culture And Classical Antiquity In Modern Greece
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Author : Eleni Fournaraki
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-03
Sport Bodily Culture And Classical Antiquity In Modern Greece written by Eleni Fournaraki and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-03 with History categories.
Ancient Greece was the model that guided the emergence of many facets of the modern sports movement, including most notably the Olympics. Yet the process whereby aspects of the ancient world were appropriated and manipulated by sport authorities of nation-states, athletic organizations and their leaders as well as by sports enthusiasts is only very partially understood. This volume takes modern Greece as a case-study and explores, in depth, issues related to the reception and use of classical antiquity in modern sport, spectacle and bodily culture. For citizens of the Greek nation-state, classical antiquity is not merely a vague "legacy" but the cornerstone of their national identity. In the field of sport and bodily culture, since the 1830s there had been persistent attempts to establish firm and direct links between ancient Greek athletics and modern sport through the incorporation of sport in school curricula, the emergence of national sport historiographies as well as the initiatives to revive (in the 19th century) or appropriate (in the 20th) the modern Olympics. Based on fieldwork and unpublished material sources, this book dissects the use and abuse of classical antiquity and sport in constructing national, gender and class identities, and illuminate aspects of the complex modern perceptions of classicism, sport and the body. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
The Legacy Of Greece
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Author : Various
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-07-31
The Legacy Of Greece written by Various and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-31 with Fiction categories.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Legacy of Greece" by Various. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Legacies From Ancient Greece
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Author : Anita Ganeri
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Legacies From Ancient Greece written by Anita Ganeri and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Civilization, Modern categories.
Democracy Justice And Equality In Ancient Greece
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Author : Georgios Anagnostopoulos
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-11-16
Democracy Justice And Equality In Ancient Greece written by Georgios Anagnostopoulos and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-16 with Philosophy categories.
The original essays in this volume discuss ideas relating to democracy, political justice, equality and inequalities in the distribution of resources and public goods. These issues were as vigorously debated at the height of ancient Greek democracy as they are in many democratic societies today. Contributing authors address these issues and debates about them from both philosophical and historical perspectives. Readers will discover research on the role of Athenian democracy in moderating economic inequality and reducing poverty, on ancient debates about how to respond to inborn and social inequalities, and on Plato’s and Aristotle’s critiques of Greek participatory democracies. Early chapters examine Plato’s views on equality, justice, and the distribution of political and non-political goods, including his defense of the abolition of private property for the ruling classes and of the equality of women in his ideal constitution and polis. Other papers discuss views of Socrates or Aristotle that are particularly relevant to contemporary political and economic disputes about punishment, freedom, slavery, the status of women, and public education, to name a few. This thorough consideration of the ancient Greeks' work on democracy, justice, and equality will appeal to scholars and researchers of the history of philosophy, Greek history, classics, as well as those with an interest in political philosophy.
Re Imagining The Past
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Author : Dimitris Tziovas
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2014-06-12
Re Imagining The Past written by Dimitris Tziovas and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-12 with History categories.
Antiquity has often been perceived as the source of Greece's modern achievements, as well as its frustrations, with the continuity between ancient and modern Greek culture and the legacy of classical Greece in Europe dominating and shaping current perceptions of the classical past. By moving beyond the dominant perspectives on the Greek past, this edited volume shifts attention to the ways this past has been constructed, performed, (ab)used, Hellenized, canonized, and ultimately decolonized and re-imagined. For the contributors, re-imagining the past is an opportunity to critically examine and engage imaginatively with various approaches. Chapters explore both the role of antiquity in texts and established cultural practices and its popular, material and everyday uses, charting the transition in the study of the reception of antiquity in modern Greek culture from an emphasis on the continuity of the past to the recognition of its diversity. Incorporating a number of chapters which adopt a comparative perspective, the volume re-imagines Greek antiquity and invites the reader to look at the different uses and articulations of the past both in and outside Greece, ranging from literature to education, and from politics to photography.
The Making Of Modern Greece
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Author : Professor David Ricks
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2013-06-28
The Making Of Modern Greece written by Professor David Ricks and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-28 with History categories.
Every Greek and every friend of the country knows the date 1821, when the banner of revolution was raised against the empire of the Ottoman Turks, and the story of 'Modern Greece' is usually said to begin. Less well known, but of even greater importance, was the international recognition given to Greece as an independent state with full sovereign rights, as early as 1830. This places Greece in the vanguard among the new nation-states of Europe whose emergence would gather momentum through to the early twentieth century, a process whose repercussions continue to this day. Starting out from that perspective, which has been all but ignored until now, this book brings together the work of scholars from a variety of disciplines to explore the contribution of characteristically nineteenth-century European modes of thought to the 'making' of Greece as a modern nation. Closely linked to nationalism is romanticism, which exercised a formative role through imaginative literature, as is demonstrated in several chapters on poetry and fiction. Under the broad heading 'uses of the past', other chapters consider ways in which the legacies, first of ancient Greece, then later of Byzantium, came to be mobilized in the construction of a durable national identity at once 'Greek' and 'modern'. The Making of Modern Greece aims to situate the Greek experience, as never before, within the broad context of current theoretical and historical thinking about nations and nationalism in the modern world. The book spans the period from 1797, when Rigas Velestinlis published a constitution for an imaginary 'Hellenic Republic', at the cost of his life, to the establishment of the modern Olympic Games, in Athens in 1896, an occasion which sealed with international approval the hard-won self-image of 'Modern Greece' as it had become established over the previous century.
A Companion To Greeks Across The Ancient World
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Author : Franco De Angelis
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2020-05-12
A Companion To Greeks Across The Ancient World written by Franco De Angelis and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-12 with History categories.
An innovative, up-to-date treatment of ancient Greek mobility and migration from 1000 BCE to 30 BCE A Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World explores the mobility and migration of Greeks who left their homelands in the ten centuries between the Early Iron Age and the Hellenistic period. While most academic literature centers on the Greeks of the Aegean basin area, this unique volume provides a systematic examination of the history of the other half of the ancient Greek world. Contributions from leading scholars and historians discuss where migrants settled, their new communities, and their connections and interactions with both Aegean Greeks and non-Greeks. Divided into three parts, the book first covers ancient and modern approaches and the study of the ancient Greeks outside their homelands, including various intellectual, national, and linguistic traditions. Regional case studies form the core of the text, taking a microhistory approach to examine Greeks in the Near Eastern Empires, Greek-Celtic interactions in Central Europe, Greek-established states in Central Asia, and many others throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia. The closing section of the text discusses wider themes such as the relations between the Greek homeland and the edges of Greek civilization. Reflecting contemporary research and fresh perspectives on ancient Greek culture contact, this volume: Discusses the development and intersection of mobility, migration, and diaspora studies Examines the various forms of ancient Greek mobility and their outcomes Highlights contributions to cultural development in the Greek and non-Greek world Examines wider themes and the various forms of ancient Greek mobility and their outcomes Includes an overview of ancient terminology and concepts, modern translations, numerous maps, and full references A Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World is a valuable resource for students, instructors, and researchers of Classical antiquity, as well as non-specialists with interest in ancient Greek mobilities, migrations, and diasporas.
The Legacy Of Greece
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Author : Moses I. Finley
language : en
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1981
The Legacy Of Greece written by Moses I. Finley and has been published by Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.
"Stressing the meaning of Greek culture in the history of European culture, these fifteen articles provide an accessible introduction to how the ancient Greeks lived and thought and how this has influenced the modern world.