Apollonius of Rhodes and the Spaces of Hellenism (Classical Culture and Society) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Apollonius of Rhodes and the Spaces of Hellenism Using spatial theory developed in the social sciences, this book explores the representation of space in Apollonius's Argonautika as both an affirmation of Greek culture and a questioning of the differences between Greeks and non-Greeks. It presents a unique perspective on Apollonius' famous poem and on the early Ptolemaic period.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Published: 29 September 2011
- Format: Hardback 288 pages
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- Categories: Anthologies (non-poetry) | Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | European History | African History | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780199731572 ISBN 10: 0199731578
- Sales rank: 926,010
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Full description for Apollonius of Rhodes and the Spaces of Hellenism
Although Apollonius of Rhodes' extraordinary epic poem on the Argonauts' quest for the Golden Fleece has begun to get the attention it deserves, it still is not well known to many readers and scholars. This book explores the poem's relation to the conditions of its writing in third century BCE Alexandria, where a multicultural environment transformed the Greeks' understanding of themselves and the world. Apollonius uses the resources of the imagination - the myth of the Argonauts' voyage and their encounters with other peoples - to probe the expanded possibilities and the anxieties opened up when definitions of Hellenism and boundaries between Greeks and others were exposed to question. Central to this concern with definitions is the poem's representation of space. Thalmann uses spatial theories from cultural geography and anthropology to argue that the Argo's itinerary defines space from a Greek perspective that is at the same time qualified. Its limits are exposed, and the signs with which the Argonauts mark space by their passage preserve the stories of their complex interactions with non-Greeks. The book closely considers many episodes in the narrative with regard to the Argonauts' redefinition of space and the implications of their actions for the Greeks' situation in Egypt, and it ends by considering Alexandria itself as a space that accommodated both Greek and Egyptian cultures.
