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Piracy, Pillage, and Plunder in Antiquity explores appropriation in
its broadest terns in the ancient world, from brigands, mercenaries
and state-sponsored "piracy", to literary appropriation and the
modern plundering of antiquities. The chronological extent of the
studies in this volume, written by an international group of
experts, ranges from about 2000 BCE to the 20th century. The
geographical spectrum in similarly diverse, encompassing Africa,
the Mediterranean, and Mesopotamia, allowing readers to track this
phenomenon in various different manifestations. Predatory behaviour
is a phenomenon seen in all walks of life. While violence may often
be concomitant it is worth observing that predation can be
extremely nuanced in its application, and it is precisely this
gradation and its focus that occupies the essential issue in this
volume. Piracy, Pillage, and Plunder in Antiquity will be of great
interest to those studying a range of topics in antiquity,
including literature and art, cities and their foundations, crime,
warfare, and geography.
Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory explores the way in which
ancient Greeks and Romans represented their past, and in turn how
modern literature and scholarship has approached the reception and
transmission of some aspects of ancient culture. The contributions,
organised into three sections - Political Legacies, Religious
Identities, and Literary Traditions - explore case studies in
memory and reception of the past. Through studying the techniques
and strategies of ancient historiography, biography, hagiography,
and art, as well as their effectiveness, this volume demonstrates
how humanity has inevitably conveyed memory and history with
(sub)conscious biases and preconceived ideas. In the current age of
alternative facts, fake news, and post-truth discourses, these
chapters highlight that such phenomena are by no means a recent
development. This book offers valuable scholarly perspectives to
academics and scholars interested in memory, historiography, and
representations of the past in the ancient world, as well as those
working on literary traditions and reception studies more broadly.
Piracy, Pillage, and Plunder in Antiquity explores appropriation in
its broadest terns in the ancient world, from brigands, mercenaries
and state-sponsored "piracy", to literary appropriation and the
modern plundering of antiquities. The chronological extent of the
studies in this volume, written by an international group of
experts, ranges from about 2000 BCE to the 20th century. The
geographical spectrum in similarly diverse, encompassing Africa,
the Mediterranean, and Mesopotamia, allowing readers to track this
phenomenon in various different manifestations. Predatory behaviour
is a phenomenon seen in all walks of life. While violence may often
be concomitant it is worth observing that predation can be
extremely nuanced in its application, and it is precisely this
gradation and its focus that occupies the essential issue in this
volume. Piracy, Pillage, and Plunder in Antiquity will be of great
interest to those studying a range of topics in antiquity,
including literature and art, cities and their foundations, crime,
warfare, and geography.
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