Athens and Persia in the Fifth Century BC: A Study in Cultural Receptivity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521607582)

It is a commonplace of modern scholarship that the Athenians hated and despised the Persians, but the claims of contempt are disproved by the evidence of archaeology, epigraphy, iconography and literature, all of which reveal some facet of Athenian receptivity to Achaemenid Persian culture. The Athenian response was as richly complex as the spheres of interaction: both private and public, elite and sub-elite. It appears in pot shapes, clothing, luxurious display and monumental architecture. This innovative study, the first comprehensive collection of evidence pertaining to the relations between Athens and Persia in the fifth century BC, aims to make this evidence better known and in so doing to argue that the social culture of classical Athens was not the monolithic construct it might appear.

Author: Margaret C. Miller
ISBN-10: 0521607582
ISBN-13: 9780521607582
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/19/2004
Pages: 412
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 9.74h x 7.34w x 0.90d