Greek perspectives on the Achaemenid Empire : Persia through the looking glass / Janett Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Janett, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in ancient Persia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C.

Achaemenid dynasty.

History.

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

Greece.

Achaemenid dynasty, 559 B.C.-330 B.C.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

xix, 365 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]

Summary:

"In the aftermath of the Greco-Persian Wars, Greek communities produced a variety of images of the Achaemenids and their Empire in texts and on vases and architecture. These perspectives have traditionally been explained as responses to victory in wars. However, Janett Morgan shows that these responses fit into wider patterns of Greek engagements with the east and reflect dialogues of elite identity rather than hubristic celebration. Through a study of ancient texts and material evidence from the archaic and classical periods, she investigates the historical, political and social factors that inspired and manipulated different identities for Persia, and the Persians within different Greek communities"-- Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction. Perspectives, looking glasses and the Achaemenid Empire

Journeys of the mind : Greek perspectives on the "East" before the Achaemenid Empire

Journeys through the looking glass : early perspectives on the Achaemenid Empire

Facing the Gorgon : reactions ot the Achaemenid Empire in classical Athens

What the butler saw : intimate perspectives on king and court in Ionian texts

The mirror crack'd : Spartan responses to the "East" and to the Achaemenid Empire

Entering the hall of mirrors : Macedonia and the Achaemenid Empire

Conclusion. Travelling with eunuchs.

Notes:

Includes bibliography (pages 298-353) and index.

ISBN:

9780748647231

0748647236

OCLC:

945110895