The Returning Hero: Nostoi and Traditions of Mediterranean Settlement

ISBN-13: 9780198811428 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 384 str.

Simon Hornblower; Giulia Biffis

Opis

A recurring and significant theme in ancient Greek literature is that of returns and returning, marked by the Greek word nostos. This volume offers an interdisciplinary exploration of nostos in ancient Greek culture, shedding light on perceptions of home and displacement, and on the foundation myths that shaped ancient Greek identity.

Recenzje

The topic is presented through the different viewpoints of scholars specialising in history, literature, myth, and archaeology ... This volume offers a range of interesting ideas on the theme of nostos, chiefly by pointing out how difficult it is to return home after absence, when neither the returner nor the home is the same.

O autorze

Simon Hornblower was most recently a Senior Research Fellow in Classical Studies at All Souls College, Oxford, until his retirement in 2016. Earlier in his career he was a Prize Fellow at All Souls College from 1971 until 1977 before becoming Tutorial Fellow in Ancient History at Oriel College and University CUF Lecturer. In 1997 he was appointed Professor of Classics and Professor of Ancient History at UCL, where he remained until 2010 (from 2006 as Grote Professor of Ancient History). Giulia Biffis is Associate Lecturer in Greek at Birkbeck College, London and Research Associate in Classics at the University of Reading for this academic year. She was previously a Teaching Fellow at the University of Reading and at the University of Edinburgh after gaining her PhD in Classics at University College London in 2012. In parallel with her work on myths of return in ancient Greek literature she is also currently working on Lykophron's Alexandra and its relationship with female characterization in the Greek world.