A cultural and literary history of mountains in classical antiquity
The mountainous character of the Mediterranean was a crucial factor
in the history of the ancient Greek and Roman world. The Folds of
Olympus is a cultural and literary history that explores the
important role mountains played in Greek and Roman religious,
military, and economic life, as well as in the identity of
communities over a millennium-from Homer to the early Christian
saints. Aimed at readers of ancient history and literature as well
as those interested in mountains and the environment, the book
offers a powerful account of the landscape at the heart of much
Greek and Roman culture. Jason Koenig charts the importance of
mountains in religion and pilgrimage, the aesthetic vision of
mountains in art and literature, the place of mountains in conquest
and warfare, and representations of mountain life. He shows how
mountains were central to the way in which the inhabitants of the
ancient Mediterranean understood the boundaries between the divine
and the human, and the limits of human knowledge and control. He
also argues that there is more continuity than normally assumed
between ancient descriptions of mountains and modern accounts of
the picturesque and the sublime. Offering a unique perspective on
the history of classical culture, The Folds of Olympus is also a
resoundingly original contribution to the literature on mountains.
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