Jason Konig: The Folds of Olympus | Buch

Cover: 9780691201290 | The Folds of Olympus | Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture

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"A cultural and literary history of mountains in classical antiquityThe mountainous character of the Mediterranean was a crucial factor in the history of the ancient Greek and Roman world. The Folds of Olympus is a cultural and literary history that explores the important role mountains played in Greek and Roman religious, military, and economic life, as well as in the identity of communities over a millennium--from Homer to the early Christian saints. Aimed at readers of ancient history and literature as well as those interested in mountains and the environment, the book offers a powerful account of the landscape at the heart of much Greek and Roman [...] Kèonig charts the importance of mountains in religion and pilgrimage, the aesthetic vision of mountains in art and literature, the place of mountains in conquest and warfare, and representations of mountain life. He shows how mountains were central to the way in which the inhabitants of the ancient Mediterranean understood the boundaries between the divine and the human, and the limits of human knowledge and control. He also argues that there is more continuity than normally assumed between ancient descriptions of mountains and modern accounts of the picturesque and the sublime.Offering a unique perspective on the history of classical culture, The Folds of Olympus is also a resoundingly original contribution to the literature on mountains."--

Über den Autor

Jason König is Professor of Classics at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Athletics and Literature in the Roman Empire and Saints and Symposiasts: The Literature of Food and the Symposium in Greco-Roman and Early Christian Culture, and the coeditor of Mountain Dialogues from Antiquity to Modernity, among other books.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	Altertum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9780691201290
ISBN-10:	0691201293
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Konig, Jason
Hersteller:	Princeton University Press
Maße:	165 x 242 x 44 mm
Von/Mit:	Jason Konig
Erscheinungsdatum:	02.08.2022
Gewicht:	0,89 kg

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