The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies (Oxford Handbooks)

A collection of some seventy original articles which explore the ways in which ancient Greece has been, is, and might be studied. The emphasis is on the breadth and potential of Hellenic Studies as a flourishing and exciting intellectual arena, and also upon its relevance to the way we think about ourselves today. Contents Preface List of Contributors Abbreviations PART I: HELLENES AND HELLENISMS Introduction 1. Hellenism and Modernity 2. Indigenous Hellenisms/Indigenous Modernities: Classical Antiquity, Materiality, and Modern Greek Society 3. Near Eastern Perspectives on the Greeks 4. Colonies and Colonization 5. The Athenian Empire 6. Alexander the Great 7. Hellenistic Culture 8. Roman Perspectives on the Greeks 9. Greece and Rome 10. Hebraism and Hellenism 11. The Greek Heritage in Islam 12. Hellenism in the Renaissance 13. Hellenism in the Enlightenment 14. Ideologies of Hellenism PART II: THE POLIS Introduction 15. The Polis 16. Civic Institutions 17. Economy and Trade 18. War and Society 19. Urban Landscape and Architecture 20. The City as Memory 21. Ancient Concepts of Personal Identity 22. The Politics of the Sumposion 23. Coming of Age, Peer Groups, and Rites of Passage 24. Friendship, Love, and Marriage 25. Sexuality and Gender 26. Slavery 27. Ethnic Prejudice and Racism 28. Maritime Identities 29. Travel and Travel Writing 30. Religion 31. Games and Festivals 32. Just Visiting: The MobileWorld of Classical Athens 33. Greek Political Theory PART III: PERFORMANCE AND TEXTS Introduction 34. Performance and Text in Ancient Greece 35. Books and Literacy 36. Epic Poetry 37. Lyric Poetry 38. Tragedy 39. Comedy 40. Historiography 41. Oratory 42. Low Philosophy 43. High Philosophy 44. Magic 45. Medicine 46. Music 47. The Exact Sciences 48. Hellenistic Poetry 49. Biography 50. The Novel 51. Performance, Text, and the History of Criticism PART IV: METHODS AND APPROACHES Introduction 52. Comparative Approaches to the Study of Culture 53. Postcolonialism 54. Demography and Sociology 55. Myth, Mythology, and Mythography 56. Gender Studies 57. Comparative Philology and Linguistics 58. Epigraphy 59. Archaeology 60. Numismatics 61. Manuscript Studies 62. Papyrology 63. Textual Criticism 64. Commentaries 65. Psychoanalysis 66. Translation Studies 67. Film Studies 68. Reception Name Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Subject Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z
The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies is a unique collection of some seventy articles which together explore the ways in which ancient Greece has been, is, and might be studied. It is intended to inform its readers, but also, importantly, to inspire them, and to enable them to pursue their own research by introducing the primary resources and exploring the latest agenda for their study. The emphasis is on the breadth and potential of Hellenic Studies as a flourishing and exciting intellectual arena, and also upon its relevance to the way we think about ourselves today. This collection of some 70 original articles explores the ways in which ancient Greece has been, is, and might be studied. The emphasis is on the breadth and potential of Hellenic studies as a flourishing and exciting intellectual arena, and also upon its relevance to the way we think about ourselves today