Isbn: 9789004435575 - the values of nighttime in classical antiquity: between dusk and dawn (mnemosyne, supplements, band 434) (4 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorJames Ker, Ph.D. (2002), University of California, Berkeley, is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published books and articles on Seneca and on Roman conceptions of time.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In ancient Greece and Rome, nighttime encompassed a distinctive array of cultural values that went far beyond the inversion of daytime. Night was a mythological figure, a locus of specialized knowledge, a socially significant semantic space in various literary genres, and a setting for unique experiences. These facets of night are explored here through fifteen case-studies, that range from Hesiod to imperial Roman painting and cultural history. The contributors took part in a conference on this theme at the University of Pennsylvania in 2018, where they pursued a common goal: to consider how nighttime was employed in the ascription of specific values--in determining what values a thing or a person might have, or lack, in a nocturnal context. …