Imagining Xerxes : ancient perspectives on a Persian king / Emma Bridges
| Imagining Xerxes : ancient perspectives on a Persian king / Emma Bridges |
| Autore | Bridges Emma |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
| Disciplina | 935/.705092 |
| Collana | Bloomsbury studies in classical reception |
| ISBN |
1-4725-1132-8
1-4742-6072-1 1-4725-9316-2 1-4725-1137-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Introduction: encountering Xerxes -- Staging Xerxes: Aeschylus and beyond -- Historiographical enquiry: the Herodotean Xerxes-narrative -- Xerxes in his own write? The Persian perspective -- Pride, panhellenism and propaganda: Xerxes in the fourth century bc -- The king at court: alternative (hi)stories of Xerxes -- The past as a paradigm: Xerxes in a world ruled by Rome -- Epilogue: re-imagining Xerxes
Introduction: Encountering Xerxes -- 1. Staging Xerxes: Aeschylus and beyond -- 2. Historiographical enquiry: the Herodotean Xerxes-narrative -- 3. Xerxes in his own write? The Persian perspective -- 4. Pride, panhellenism and propaganda: Xerxes in the fourth century BC -- 5. The king at court: alternative (hi)stories of Xerxes -- 6. The past as a paradigm: Xerxes in a world ruled by Rome -- Epilogue: Re-imagining Xerxes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511750503321 |
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| New York, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imagining Xerxes : ancient perspectives on a Persian king / Emma Bridges
| Imagining Xerxes : ancient perspectives on a Persian king / Emma Bridges |
| Autore | Bridges Emma |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
| Disciplina | 935/.705092 |
| Collana | Bloomsbury studies in classical reception |
| ISBN |
1-4725-1132-8
1-4742-6072-1 1-4725-9316-2 1-4725-1137-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Introduction: encountering Xerxes -- Staging Xerxes: Aeschylus and beyond -- Historiographical enquiry: the Herodotean Xerxes-narrative -- Xerxes in his own write? The Persian perspective -- Pride, panhellenism and propaganda: Xerxes in the fourth century bc -- The king at court: alternative (hi)stories of Xerxes -- The past as a paradigm: Xerxes in a world ruled by Rome -- Epilogue: re-imagining Xerxes
Introduction: Encountering Xerxes -- 1. Staging Xerxes: Aeschylus and beyond -- 2. Historiographical enquiry: the Herodotean Xerxes-narrative -- 3. Xerxes in his own write? The Persian perspective -- 4. Pride, panhellenism and propaganda: Xerxes in the fourth century BC -- 5. The king at court: alternative (hi)stories of Xerxes -- 6. The past as a paradigm: Xerxes in a world ruled by Rome -- Epilogue: Re-imagining Xerxes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787021303321 |
Bridges Emma
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| New York, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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