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The World Through Roman Eyes

The World Through Roman Eyes Anthropological Approaches to Ancient Culture

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

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Cambridge University Press

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Book information

ISBN: 9781107157613
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 937.0072
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 482
Weight: 830g
Height: 235mm
Width: 157mm
Spine width: 32mm