Panhellenism and the barbarian in Archaic and Classical Greece / Lynette Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Lynette G. (Lynette Gail), 1966-

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hellenism.

Greeks--Ethnic identity.

Greeks.

Greece--History--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

History.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Swansea : Classical Press of Wales ; Oakville, CT : distributor in the USA by David Brown Book Co., 2007.

Summary:

This is the first book in English to provide a systematic treatment of Panhellenism. The author argues that in archaic and classical Greece, Panhellenism was a body of narratives that expressed, defined and limited the community of the Hellenes and gave it political substance. Yet Panhellenic narratives also responded to other needs of the community, in particular serving to locate the Hellenes in time and space. Thus, one of the chief Panhellenic narratives, the war against the barbarian, provided the conceptual framework in which Alexander the Great could imagine his Asian campaign.

Contents:

Introduction: Panhellenism and the barbarian xv

1 Panhellenism and the community of the Hellenes 1

2 Defining the boundaries of the Hellenic community 39

3 The symbolic community: utopia and dystopia 77

4 Cultural contestation 113

5 Time, space and war against the barbarian 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-247) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781905125142

1905125143

OCLC:

150380706