Cultural responses to the Persian wars : antiquity to the third millennium /

This book addresses the huge impact on subsequent culture made by the wars fought between ancient Persia and Greece in the early 5th century bc. It brings together sixteen interdisciplinary essays, mostly by classical scholars, on individual trends within the reception of this period of history, ext...

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Other Authors: Bridges, Emma, Hall, Edith, 1959-, Rhodes, P. J. (Peter John)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book addresses the huge impact on subsequent culture made by the wars fought between ancient Persia and Greece in the early 5th century bc. It brings together sixteen interdisciplinary essays, mostly by classical scholars, on individual trends within the reception of this period of history, extending from the wars' immediate impact on ancient Greek history to their reception in literature and thought both in antiquity and in the post-Renaissance world.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 453 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191557514
019155751X
9780191707261
0191707260