The Folds of Olympus : : Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture / / Jason König.
A cultural and literary history of mountains in classical antiquityThe mountainous character of the Mediterranean was a crucial factor in the history of the ancient Greek and Roman world. The Folds of Olympus is a cultural and literary history that explores the important role mountains played in Gre...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (480 p.) :; 27 b/w illus. 1 map. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Map
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. Mountains and the divine
- 1 Summit Altars
- 2 Mountains in Archaic Greek Poetry
- 3 Pausanias: Mythical Landscapes and Divine Presence
- 4 Egeria on Mount Sinai: Mountain Pilgrimage in Early Christian and Late Antique Culture
- Part II. Mountain Vision
- 5 Mountain Aesthetics
- 6 Scientific Viewing and the Volcanic Sublime
- 7 Mountains in Greek and Roman Art
- 8 Mountain Landmarks in Latin Literature
- 9 Mountains and Bodies in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses
- Part III. Mountain Conquest
- 10 Warfare and Knowledge in Mountain Territories
- 11 Mountain Narratives in Greek and Roman Historiography
- 12 Strabo: Civilising the Mountains
- 13 Ammianus Marcellinus: Mountain Peoples and Imperial Boundaries
- Part IV. Living in the mountains
- 14 Mountain and City
- 15 Dio Chrysostom and the Mountains of Euboia
- 16 Mountain Saints in Late Antique Christian Literature
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
- A note on the type