Polis and personification in classical Athenian art
| 1. Verfasser: |
Smith, Amy Claire, 1966-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xlv, 202 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Monumenta Graeca et Romana ;
v. 19 |
| Schlagworte: | |
| iDAI.gazetteer: |
Athen |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 5 Datensätze |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction: viewing personifications in classical Athens
- Names or comments? the birth of political personification in Greece
- Humanising Greek places and spaces: local personifications and Athenian imperialism
- Goddess before personification? right and retribution
- The independence of epithets: Kharites, virtues, & other nymphs in the 'Gardens of Aphrodite'
- Aristocracy or democracy? Eukleia and Eunomia between the gods
- Visual personifications in literature and art: Aristophanes' Eirene and her attendants
- Ephemeral personifications: civic festivals and other peacetime pleasures
- Masculine people in feminine places: the body politic at home and abroad.
