TheBirthofClassicalEurope:AHistoryfromTroytoAugustine

作者 S. R. F. Price著
出版社 PenguinBooks
出版时间 2011年5月
ISBN 9780140274851
定价 154.10

内容简介

Westillliveintheshadowoftheclassicalworld.Ateverylevelfromlanguagestocalendarstopoliticalsystems,wearethedescendantsofa'classicalEurope',usingframesofreferencecreatedbyancientMediterraneancultures.TracingtheepicsweepofclassicalhistoryfromBronzeAgeCretethroughtoearlyChristianity,thiscompellingandcomprehensiveworkshowshowtheinhabitantsoftheclassicalworldwerealsothemselveslivingintheshadowofanancientpast.Theirmyths,artandbuildingslookedbacktoanalreadyreveredhistoryfilledwithgreatleaders,writersandbattles,andgenerationsofGreeksandRomans-includingfiguressuchasAlexandertheGreatandJuliusCaesar-obsessivelyreinterpretedtheirchangingcastsofheroesandvillains.TheBirthofClassicalEuropeisbothanauthoritativehistory,andalsoshowshowourownvaluesreflectanerawhichisremoteyetsometimesstartlinglyclose.'TheBirthofClassicalEuropecombinesastrongnarrativewithsophisticatedthematicanalysisandreflection'TheTimesLiterarySupplement'SimonPriceandPeterThonemann'sattractivenewbookoffersaseamlesshistoryacrossmorethantwomillennia...aneleganttour'BBCHistoryMagazineVolumeOneinThePenguinHistoryofEurope,GeneralEditorDavidCannadine

作者简介

From1981to2008SimonPricewasaLecturerattheUniversityofOxford,wherehetaughtGreekandRomanhistoryforLadyMargaretHallandStHugh'sCollege.Hehaswritten,co-written,orco-editedbooksonancientreligionsandritualsandalsoco-editedTheGreekCityfromHomertoAlexander.PeterThonemannhastaughtGreekandRomanhistoryatWadhamCollege,Oxford,since2007.HehaspublishedwidelyonthehistoryofAsiaMinor,andisdirectoroftheMonumentaAsiaeMinorisAntiquaXIproject.Hisfirstbook,TheMaeander,willbepublishedshortly.