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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Nathanael J. Andrade (University of Oregon)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9781108456531ISBN 10: 1108456537 Pages: 442 Publication Date: 26 April 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: signification and cultural performance in Roman imperial Syria; Part I. Greek Poleis and the Syrian Ethnos (2nd century BCE–1st century CE): 1. Antiochus IV and the limits of Greekness under the Seleucids (175–63 BCE); 2. The theater of the frontier: local performance, Roman rulers (63–31 BCE); 3. Converging paths: Syrian Greeks of the Roman Near East (31 BCE–CE 73); Part II. Greek Collectives in Syria (1st–3rd centuries CE): 4. The Syrian Ethnos' Greek cities: dispositions and hegemonies (1st–3rd centuries CE); 5. Cities of imperial frontiers (1st–3rd centuries CE); 6. Hadrian and Palmyra: contrasting visions of Greekness (1st–3rd centuries CE); 7. Dura-Europos: changing paradigms for civic Greekness; Part III. Imitation Greeks: Being Greek and Being Other (2nd and 3rd centuries CE): 8. Greeks write Syria: performance and the signification of Greekness; 9. The theater of empire: Lucian, cultural performance, and Roman rule; 10. Syria writes back: Lucian and On the Syrian Goddess; 11. The ascendency of Syrian Greekness and Romanness; Conclusion.Reviews'An important book ... an essential point of reference for anyone reflecting on what it meant to be 'Greek' in the ancient world.' The Times Literary Supplement '... [this] book is of great importance in both its method and its content for the study of Roman Syria and the surrounding region from the Seleucid period through the early Roman Empire. Scholars will benefit a great deal from Andrade's impressive contribution to, and reshaping of, these ongoing discussions.' Christine Shepardson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'An important book ... an essential point of reference for anyone reflecting on what it meant to be 'Greek' in the ancient world.' The Times Literary Supplement '... [this] book is of great importance in both its method and its content for the study of Roman Syria and the surrounding region from the Seleucid period through the early Roman Empire. Scholars will benefit a great deal from Andrade's impressive contribution to, and reshaping of, these ongoing discussions.' Christine Shepardson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review ... [this] book is of great importance in both its method and its content for the study of Roman Syria and the surrounding region from the Seleucid period through the early Roman Empire. Scholars will benefit a great deal from Andrade's impressive contribution to, and reshaping of, these ongoing discussions. Christine Shepardson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Author InformationNathanael J. Andrade is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Oregon. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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