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Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution

Title
Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution / A.J.S. Spawforth.
Author
Spawforth, Antony.
Publication
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Description
viii, 319 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"This book examines the impact of the Roman cultural revolution under Augustus on the Roman province of Greece. It argues that the transformation of Roman Greece into a classicizing 'museum' was a specific response of the provincial Greek elites to the cultural politics of the Roman imperial monarchy. Against a background of Roman debates about Greek culture and Roman decadence, Augustus promoted the ideal of a Roman debt to a 'classical' Greece rooted in Europe and morally opposed to a stereotyped Asia. In Greece the regime signalled its admiration for Athens, Sparta, Olympia and Plataea as symbols of these past Greek glories. Cued by the Augustan monarchy, provincial-Greek notables expressed their Roman orientation by competitive cultural work (revival of ritual; restoration of buildings) aimed at further emphasising Greece's 'classical' legacy. Reprised by Hadrian, the Augustan construction of 'classical' Greece helped to promote the archaism typifying Greek culture under the principate"--
Series Statement
Greek culture in the Roman world
Uniform Title
Greek culture in the Roman world.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Greece and the Augustan age; 2. Athenian eloquence and Spartan arms; 3. The noblest actions of the Greeks; 4. The gifts of the gods; 5. Constructed beauty; 6. Hadrian and the legacy of Augustus; Conclusion.
Call Number
JFE 12-397
ISBN
  • 9781107012110 (hbk.)
  • 1107012112 (hbk.)
LCCN
2011032625
OCLC
YBP 2011032625
Author
Spawforth, Antony.
Title
Greece and the Augustan cultural revolution / A.J.S. Spawforth.
Imprint
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Series
Greek culture in the Roman world
Greek culture in the Roman world.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 12-397
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