The Tomb of Agamemnon
Mycenae and the Search for a Hero
Seiten
2007
|
Main
Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-86197-667-3 (ISBN)
Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-86197-667-3 (ISBN)
- Titel ist leider vergriffen;
keine Neuauflage - Artikel merken
In a remote corner of Greece stand the ruins of Mycenae, the fabled city of Homer's King Agamemnon, revered as the most tangible connection to Homer's age of heroes. This work takes us from the Cult of the Hero that sprung up in the shadow of the great burned walls in the eighth century BC, to the anti-heroic conclusions of modern archaeology.
From Homer to Himmler, from Thucydides to Freud, Mycenae has occupied a singular place in the western imagination. Gere takes us from the Cult of the Hero that sprung up in the shadow of the great burned walls in the eighth century BC, to Agamemnon's twentieth-century reincarnation as an Aryan military genius and to the distinctly anti-heroic conclusions of modern archaeology. The Wonders of the World is a series of books that focuses on some of the world's most famous sites or monuments. Their names will be familiar to almost everyone: they have achieved iconic stature and are loaded with a fair amount of mythological baggage. These monuments have been the subject of many books over the centuries, but our aim, through the skill and stature of the writers, is to get something much more enlightening, stimulating, even controversial, than straightforward histories or guides.
From Homer to Himmler, from Thucydides to Freud, Mycenae has occupied a singular place in the western imagination. Gere takes us from the Cult of the Hero that sprung up in the shadow of the great burned walls in the eighth century BC, to Agamemnon's twentieth-century reincarnation as an Aryan military genius and to the distinctly anti-heroic conclusions of modern archaeology. The Wonders of the World is a series of books that focuses on some of the world's most famous sites or monuments. Their names will be familiar to almost everyone: they have achieved iconic stature and are loaded with a fair amount of mythological baggage. These monuments have been the subject of many books over the centuries, but our aim, through the skill and stature of the writers, is to get something much more enlightening, stimulating, even controversial, than straightforward histories or guides.
Cathy Gere is a lecturer in the History of Science at the University of Chicago. She has published on a wide range of topics from witchcraft to brain banking. Her book on Knossos in Crete is forthcoming.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.4.2007 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 197 mm |
| Gewicht | 175 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-86197-667-4 / 1861976674 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-86197-667-3 / 9781861976673 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
die Inszenierung der Politik in der römischen Republik
Buch | Hardcover (2023)
C.H.Beck (Verlag)
CHF 67,20
Buch | Hardcover (2024)
Klett-Cotta (Verlag)
CHF 69,95
