The History Written on the Classical Greek Body (Paperback)

This book challenges historians to come to terms with the distortions that they systematically introduce into their work by their reliance on what has been written on paper without looking at what was and was not written on the body. This book is concerned with the ways in which texts relating to classical Greece, and in particular to classical Athens, classified people and with the extent to which those classifications could be seen by the eye. It compares the qualities distinguished in texts to those distinguished in sculpture and painted pottery, and emphasises the frequent invisibility of the categories upon which historians have laid most stress - the citizen, the free person, the foreigner, even the god. The frequent impossibility of seeing who belonged to which category has major political, social and theological implications which are explored here, as well as potentially revolutionary implications for all future historical writing.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Wiles Lectures
Release date:	July 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Robin Osborne
Dimensions:	247 x 174 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-17670-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	0-521-17670-0
Barcode:	9780521176705

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