Reading Greek and Hellenistic-Roman Spolia : : Objects, Appropriation and Cultural Change / / edited by Irene J. F. de Jong and Miguel John Versluys.

• Superior document: Euhormos ; Volume 5
• TeilnehmendeR: Jong, Irene J. F. de,; Versluys, M. J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Euhormos: Greco-Roman studies in anchoring innovation ; Volume 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 292 pages) :; illustrations.

"Plundering and taking home precious objects from a defeated enemy was a widespread activity in the Greek and Hellenistic-Roman world. In this volume literary critics, historians and archaeologists join forces in investigating this phenomenon in terms of appropriation and cultural change. In-depth interpretations of famous ancient spoliations, like that of the Greeks after Plataea or the Romans after the capture of Jerusalem, reveal a fascinating paradox: while the material record shows an eager incorporation of new objects, the texts display abhorrence of the negative effects they were thought to bring along. As this volume demonstrates, both reactions testify to the crucial innovative impact objects from abroad may have"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Innovating Objects? Spolia and the Question of Appropriation / Irene J.F. de Jong and Miguel John Versluys -- How to Deal with 'Things from Outside' : An Anthropological Perspective / Pieter ter Keurs -- Triumphus and the Taming of Objects : Spoliation and the Process of Appropriation in Late Republican Rome / Miguel John Versluys -- Spolia as Exempla, Exempla as Spolia : Two Case Studies on Historical (Dis)Continuity and Morality / Christoph Pieper -- Herodotus' Framing of the Persian Spolia at Plataea / Irene J.F. de Jong -- Herodotus and the Persian Spolia on the Acropolis of Athens / J.Z. van Rookhuijzen -- 'A City Is Not Adorned by What Comes from Outside, but by the Virtue of Its Inhabitants' : Polybius on the Pragmatics of Spoliation / Rutger J. Allan -- Spoils of Sicily and Their Impact on Late Republican Rome : An Archaeological Perspective / Suzan van de Velde -- Luxuria peregrina (Livy 39.6) : Spolia and Rome's Gastronomic Revolution / Lidewij van Gils and Rebecca Henzel -- Showing and Telling Spolia : The Triumphal Procession of Aemilius Paullus in Plutarch and Diodorus Siculus / Michel Buijs -- 'The Glory of Alexander and Philip Made Spoil by Roman Arms' : The Triumph of Aemilius Paullus in 167 BCE / Rolf Strootman -- Between Triumph and Tragedy : Josephus, Bellum Judaicum 7.121-157 / Luuk Huitink -- Judaea at the Tiber : Sacred Objects from Judaea and Their New Function in Imperial Rome / Eric M. Moormann -- 'Spolia' as Category : Greek and Roman Perspectives.