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This collection of essays focuses on the reception of Plato and
Greek political thought in the work of some major (pre)Victorian
classical scholars and expands on a remarkable range of hotly
debated issues on the interpretation of Greek antiquity. The
central figure in this volume is the radical philosopher,
utilitarian, and Platonist George Grote, whose works on the history
of Greece and Plato moved away from traditional models of classical
interpretation. His works and their background are critically
explored in light of his philosophical commitment and political
radicalism. Article IV brings to light a forgotten manuscript by
Grote, "On the Character of Socrates," produced in the 1820s. Grote
sought to counter the current literature on ancient Greece and its
predominant motifs, which is here examined in its own right along
with an independent study on Bishop Connop Thirlwall's influential
History of Greece. The second half of this volume is devoted to
analyzing important aspects of the revival of Platonic studies in
the ideological and discursive context of early and middle
Victorian times. This collection of essays presents comprehensive
and illuminating contextual analyses of nineteenth-century works on
classical reception, providing simultaneously a rich bibliographic
guide to further research.
This collection of essays focuses on the reception of Plato and
Greek political thought in the work of some major (pre)Victorian
classical scholars and expands on a remarkable range of hotly
debated issues on the interpretation of Greek antiquity. The
central figure in this volume is the radical philosopher,
utilitarian, and Platonist George Grote, whose works on the history
of Greece and Plato moved away from traditional models of classical
interpretation. His works and their background are critically
explored in light of his philosophical commitment and political
radicalism. Article IV brings to light a forgotten manuscript by
Grote, "On the Character of Socrates," produced in the 1820s. Grote
sought to counter the current literature on ancient Greece and its
predominant motifs, which is here examined in its own right along
with an independent study on Bishop Connop Thirlwall's influential
History of Greece. The second half of this volume is devoted to
analyzing important aspects of the revival of Platonic studies in
the ideological and discursive context of early and middle
Victorian times. This collection of essays presents comprehensive
and illuminating contextual analyses of nineteenth-century works on
classical reception, providing simultaneously a rich bibliographic
guide to further research.
This volume aims to revisit, further explore and tease out the
textual, but also non-textual sources in an attempt to reconstruct
a clearer picture of a particular aspect of sexuality, i.e. sexual
practices, in Greco-Roman antiquity. Sexual practices refers to a
part of the overarching notion of sexuality: specifically, the acts
of sexual intercourse, the erogenous capacities and genital
functions of male and female body, and any other physical or
biological actions that define one's sexual identity or
orientation. This volume aims to approach not simply the acts of
sexual intercourse themselves, but also their legal, social,
political, religious, medical, cultural/moral and interdisciplinary
(e.g. emotional, performative) perspectives, as manifested in a
range of both textual and non-textual evidence (i.e. architecture,
iconography, epigraphy, etc.). The insights taken from the
contributions to this volume would enable researchers across a
range of disciplines - e.g. sex/gender studies, comparative
literature, psychology and cognitive neuroscience - to use
theoretical perspectives, methodologies and conceptual tools to
frame the sprawling examination of aspects of sexuality in broad
terms, or sexual practices in particular.
It is perhaps a truism to note that ancient religion and rhetoric
were closely intertwined in Greek and Roman antiquity. Religion is
embedded in socio-political, legal and cultural institutions and
structures, while also being influenced, or even determined, by
them. Rhetoric is used to address the divine, to invoke the gods,
to talk about the sacred, to express piety and to articulate, refer
to, recite or explain the meaning of hymns, oaths, prayers, oracles
and other religious matters and processes. The 13 contributions to
this volume explore themes and topics that most succinctly describe
the firm interrelation between religion and rhetoric mostly in, but
not exclusively focused on, Greek and Roman antiquity, offering
new, interdisciplinary insights into a great variety of aspects,
from identity construction and performance to legal/political
practices and a broad analytical approach to transcultural
ritualistic customs. The volume also offers perceptive insights
into oriental (i.e. Egyptian magic) texts and Christian literature.
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