After the Past: Essays in Ancient History in Honour of H.W. Pleket - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Willem Jongman, Marc KleijwegtSeries:Mnemosyne, SupplementsTheme:Chronological Period/Ancient (To 499 A.D.), Cultural Region/GreecePublish date:6/28/2002Pages:384
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004128163ISBN-10:9004128166UPC:9789004128163Book Category:History, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:Ancient, Interior Design, CivilizationBook Topic:GreeceSize:9.74 x 6.62 x 1.18 inchesWeight:0.858Product ID:SCEQXQRD7E
What was funny about ancient jokes, and why? Why did the Roman state legislate to curb the behaviour of its obscenely rich and powerful elite, if it never really expected such laws to be obeyed? Why did it oppress the poor, and lavish public child support on them?
These are important questions, but ancient Greeks and Romans could never have thought of them. They never questioned the right of the rich to be rich. They could not improve their understanding of Homeric gift-giving with the experience of ritualized friendship among the Trobriand islanders. Such questions and such answers can only come from those who live after the ancient past.
This volume honours the well-known Dutch epigraphist and ancient historian H.W. Pleket. Ten substantial essays reflect his wide range, from early Greece to the Roman Empire, and his taste for comparative economic and social history.
These are important questions, but ancient Greeks and Romans could never have thought of them. They never questioned the right of the rich to be rich. They could not improve their understanding of Homeric gift-giving with the experience of ritualized friendship among the Trobriand islanders. Such questions and such answers can only come from those who live after the ancient past.
This volume honours the well-known Dutch epigraphist and ancient historian H.W. Pleket. Ten substantial essays reflect his wide range, from early Greece to the Roman Empire, and his taste for comparative economic and social history.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004128163ISBN-10:9004128166UPC:9789004128163Book Category:History, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:Ancient, Interior Design, CivilizationBook Topic:GreeceSize:9.74 x 6.62 x 1.18 inchesWeight:0.858Product ID:SCEQXQRD7E
Willem Jongman teaches Ancient History at Groningen University. He is currently an Overseas Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge. He has published widely on Roman economic history, including The Economy and Society of Pompeii (1988).
Marc Kleijwegt teaches Ancient History at Groningen University. He has published extensively on Roman social history, including Ancient Youth: the Ambiguity of Youth and the Absence of Adolescence in Greco-Roman society (1991).
Marc Kleijwegt teaches Ancient History at Groningen University. He has published extensively on Roman social history, including Ancient Youth: the Ambiguity of Youth and the Absence of Adolescence in Greco-Roman society (1991).
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