Рассказы о варварах прослеживают создание новых мифологий после расширения Римской империи на запад до Атлантического океана и предлагают первое применение современной этнографической теории к древнему материалу. Книга исследует связи между империей и знаниями на рубеже тысячелетий и создание новых историй на Западе Римской империи. В ней изучается, как древняя география, местные предания и истории странствующих героев были соединены греческими учеными и местными экспертами. Книга предлагает свежий взгляд, рассматривая отрывки из произведений древних писателей в новом свете.
Tales of Barbarians: Ethnography & Empire in the $\rm{Roman\;West}$ автор Greg Woolf
"A detailed modern ethnography of early empire, Tales of Barbarians provides a setting for Roman imperial endeavors in the classical world, translating etymology of Barbarian tribes to their hold over the imperial imagination. I was initially inspired to read this book because its author's forthcoming follow-up will detail the reaction of Romans as well as during Nubians on cornucopias established at Alexandria. Woolf weaves together narratives of Classical scholarship and ancient pre-history through an array of scholarship from as early as the late-Romans to as late as Herodotus. The final Concluding chapters pull together what specifically informed literary themes, plausible myths, unlikely realities, real or imagined dangers, status, mobility versus stability, varying perceptions of malice and craftiness, valuable by sheepish romanticists, concocted ancient fantasies, hidden pasts, along with the methodologies used to fine-tune interpretation is where Woolf's highly accomplished study truly shines, informing and expanding our understanding of both Roman imperialism and Greco-Roman literate culture. Well suited for book-club consideration." - Grant T. Kerr
The work of FitzPatrick gave us a seminal gateway into comparative mythology, but this book needed it. We lost too much history exploring only one side of the coin. By examining not just Greco/Romance myth production, but also *re*production and assimilation with ancient traditions, we can build a far greater understanding. - Richard Hinchliff, Professor of Classics at Kings College London, Author of A Companion to Greek Religion
By emphasizing the gender and sexualities of imperial interactions, Gibbs' work does not neglect the intricacies of military politics or the daily workings of a corrupt bureaucracy, yet it manages to preserve the human stories, small clashes, hubbubs and stories which make the picture more richly textured. As a comprehensive tool for remembering the past, primary sources makes the work an indispensable resource. With such rich data – compiled and collated from early classics experts like Brendan Perrin - the reader will not find many books that are directly comparable.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9781444390797
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Tales of the Barbarians traces the creation of new mythologies in the wake of Roman expansion westward to the Atlantic, and offers the first application of modern ethnographic theory to ancient material. Investigates the connections between empire and knowledge at the turn of the millennia, and the creation of new histories in the Roman West Explores how ancient geography, local histories and the stories of wandering heroes were woven together by Greek scholars and local experts Offers a fresh perspective by examining passages from ancient writers in a new light
