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Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature / Robert J. Gorman, Vanessa B. Gorman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gorman, Robert (Robert Joseph), author.
- Gorman, Vanessa B., 1963- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greek literature--History and criticism.
- Greek literature.
- Luxury in literature.
- Literature and morals--Greece.
- Literature and morals.
- Literature and society--Greece.
- Literature and society.
- Greece.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 484 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Luxury and Corruption 7
- The Problem of Sybaris
- The Vocabulary of Luxury
- The Moral Implications of Tpun
- The Septuagint
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2 Luxury as a Historiographical Principle in Herodotus 76
- Soft Lands and Soft People
- The Weakness of the Persians
- Strength in Poverty
- Επμελεια
- Pernicious Luxury in History
- Chapter 3 Citation and Cover Text in Athenaeus 146
- The Parlor Games of Athenaeus
- Alteration and Reinterpretation
- Formulae of Citation
- Compositional Drift
- Framing Language
- Formulae with Τρνφη
- Chapter 4 The Fragmentary Writers 240
- Clearchus
- Ctesias
- Ephorus
- Theopompus
- Heraclides Ponticus
- The Fragmentary Evidence for Sybaris
- Chapter 5 The Theme of Corrupting Luxury at Rome 326
- The Latin Evidence
- Greek Literature of the Roman World
- Polybius
- Diodorus Siculus
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus
- Strabo
- Philo Judaeus
- Josephus
- Dio Chrysostom
- Athenaeus
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780472072293
- 0472072293
- 9780472052295
- 0472052292
- OCLC:
- 884315808
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