The world through Roman eyes : anthropological approaches to ancient culture /
The culmination of a project aimed at showcasing, in a systematic way, the potential of applying anthropological perspectives to classical studies, this volume highlights the fundamental contribution this approach has to make to our understanding of ancient Roman culture. Through the close study of...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: | The culmination of a project aimed at showcasing, in a systematic way, the potential of applying anthropological perspectives to classical studies, this volume highlights the fundamental contribution this approach has to make to our understanding of ancient Roman culture. Through the close study of themes such as myth, polytheism, sacrifice, magic, space, kinship, the gift, friendship, economics, animals, plants, riddles, metaphors and images in Roman society (often in comparison with Greece), where the texts of ancient culture are allowed to speak in their own terms and where the experience of the "natives" (rather than the horizon of the observer) is privileged, a rich panorama emerges of the worldview, beliefs and deep structures that shaped and guided this culture. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 471 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-459) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781107157613 1107157617 |