| Titolo |
The world through Roman eyes : anthropological approaches to ancient culture / edited by Maurizio Bettini, William Michael Short. Libro |
| Edizione |
First published |
| Pubblicazione |
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica |
xiv, 471 pagine : illustrazioni ; 24 cm |
| Nota bibliografica |
Bibliografia: pagine 397-459 |
| Riassunto |
The culmination of a project aimed at showcasing, in a systematic way, the potential of applying anthropological perspectives to classical studies, this volume highlights the fundamental contribution this approach has to make to our understanding of ancient Roman culture. Through the close study of themes such as myth, polytheism, sacrifice, magic, space, kinship, the gift, friendship, economics, animals, plants, riddles, metaphors, and images in Roman society (often in comparison with Greece) - where the texts of ancient culture are allowed to speak in their own terms and where the experience of the "natives" (rather than the horizon of the observer) is privileged - a rich panorama emerges of the worldview, beliefs, and deep structures that shaped and guided this culture |
| Soggetto |
Cultura classica -- Antropologia |
| Roma -- Cultura -- Evo antico |
| Altri Autori |
Bettini, Maurizio, 1947- curatore |
| Short, William Michael, 1977- curatore |
| Nuova Numerazione |
442170 |
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