The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies (Oxford Handbooks)

__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. The book provides comprehensive guidance in areas such as epigraphy, numismatics, and manuscript studies. THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF HELLENIC STUDIES......Page 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 6 CONTENTS......Page 8 PREFACE......Page 14 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 17 ABBREVIATIONS......Page 21 Part I: HELLENES AND HELLENISMS......Page 24 INTRODUCTION......Page 26 1. HELLENISM AND MODERNITY......Page 30 2. INDIGENOUS HELLENISMS/ INDIGENOUS MODERNITIES......Page 42 3. NEAR EASTERN PERSPECTIVES ON THE GREEKS......Page 55 4. COLONIES AND COLONIZATION*......Page 71 5. THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE......Page 88 6. ALEXANDER THE GREAT......Page 100 7. HELLENISTIC CULTURE......Page 109 8. ROMAN PERSPECTIVES ON THE GREEKS......Page 121 9. GREECE AND ROME......Page 137 10. HEBRAISM AND HELLENISM......Page 152 11. THE GREEK HERITAGE IN ISLAM......Page 163 12. HELLENISM IN THE RENAISSANCE......Page 173 13. HELLENISM IN THE ENLIGHTENMENT......Page 189 14. IDEOLOGIES OF HELLENISM......Page 196 Part II: THE POLIS......Page 204 INTRODUCTION......Page 206 15. THE POLIS......Page 210 16. CIVIC INSTITUTIONS......Page 220 17. ECONOMY AND TRADE......Page 234 18. WAR AND SOCIETY......Page 249 19. URBAN LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURE......Page 261 20. THE CITY AS MEMORY*......Page 271 21. ANCIENT CONCEPTS OF PERSONAL IDENTITY......Page 283 22. THE POLITICS OF THE SUMPOSION......Page 294 23. COMING OF AGE, PEER GROUPS, AND RITES OF PASSAGE......Page 304 24. FRIENDSHIP, LOVE, AND MARRIAGE......Page 317 25. SEXUALITY AND GENDER......Page 328 26. SLAVERY......Page 339 27. ETHNIC PREJUDICE AND RACISM......Page 351 28. MARITIME IDENTITIES......Page 363 29. TRAVEL AND TRAVEL WRITING......Page 375 30. RELIGION*......Page 387 31. GAMES AND FESTIVALS......Page 401 32. JUST VISITING......Page 414 33. GREEK POLITICAL THEORY......Page 424 Part III: PERFORMANCE AND TEXTS......Page 434 INTRODUCTION......Page 436 34. PERFORMANCE AND TEXT IN ANCIENT GREECE......Page 440 35. BOOKS AND LITERACY......Page 455 36. EPIC POETRY......Page 465 37. LYRIC POETRY......Page 477 38. TRAGEDY......Page 492 39. COMEDY......Page 504 40. HISTORIOGRAPHY*......Page 514 41. ORATORY......Page 528 42. LOW PHILOSOPHY......Page 541 43. HIGH PHILOSOPHY......Page 553 44. MAGIC......Page 564 45. MEDICINE......Page 575 46. MUSIC......Page 592 47. THE EXACT SCIENCES......Page 602 48. HELLENISTIC POETRY......Page 620 49. BIOGRAPHY......Page 631 50. THE NOVEL......Page 640 51. PERFORMANCE, TEXT, AND THE HISTORY OF CRITICISM......Page 651 Part IV: METHODS AND APPROACHES......Page 660 INTRODUCTION......Page 662 52. COMPARATIVE APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF CULTURE......Page 666 53. POSTCOLONIALISM......Page 676 54. DEMOGRAPHY AND SOCIOLOGY......Page 688 55. MYTH, MYTHOLOGY, AND MYTHOGRAPHY*......Page 701 56. GENDER STUDIES......Page 710 57. COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS......Page 720 58. EPIGRAPHY......Page 732 59. ARCHAEOLOGY*......Page 743 60. NUMISMATICS......Page 757 61. MANUSCRIPT STUDIES......Page 770 62. PAPYROLOGY......Page 786 63. TEXTUAL CRITICISM......Page 796 64. COMMENTARIES*......Page 811 65. PSYCHOANALYSIS......Page 825 66. TRANSLATION STUDIES......Page 834 67. FILM STUDIES......Page 846 68. RECEPTION......Page 858 NAME INDEX......Page 870 SUBJECT INDEX......Page 894
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