Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution / A.J.S. Spawforth.
| Author/creator |
Spawforth, Antony |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
| Description | viii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Greek culture in the Roman world Greek culture in the Roman world. ^A600331 |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Greece and the Augustan age; 2. Athenian eloquence and Spartan arms; 3. The noblest actions of the Greeks; 4. The gifts of the gods; 5. Constructed beauty; 6. Hadrian and the legacy of Augustus; Conclusion. |
| Abstract | "This book examines the impact of the Roman cultural revolution under Augustus on the Roman province of Greece. It argues that the transformation of Roman Greece into a classicizing 'museum' was a specific response of the provincial Greek elites to the cultural politics of the Roman imperial monarchy. Against a background of Roman debates about Greek culture and Roman decadence, Augustus promoted the ideal of a Roman debt to a 'classical' Greece rooted in Europe and morally opposed to a stereotyped Asia. In Greece the regime signalled its admiration for Athens, Sparta, Olympia and Plataea as symbols of these past Greek glories. Cued by the Augustan monarchy, provincial-Greek notables expressed their Roman orientation by competitive cultural work (revival of ritual; restoration of buildings) aimed at further emphasising Greece's 'classical' legacy. Reprised by Hadrian, the Augustan construction of 'classical' Greece helped to promote the archaism typifying Greek culture under the principate"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011032625 |
| ISBN | 9781107012110 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1107012112 (hbk.) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | DF240 .S67 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |