Description: Forever Young: Why Cambridge has a Professor of Greek Culture An A. G. Leventis Inaugural Lecture Given in the University of Cambridge, 16 February 2009 Inaugural lecture for the newly-established A. G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture exploring its purpose and meaning. Paul Cartledge (Author) 9780521121729, Cambridge University Press Paperback / softback, published 10 December 2009 36 pages 18.7 x 12.2 x 0.5 cm, 0.04 kg The text of this inaugural lecture proposes that the newly established A. G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture is a new kind of chair: a chair not only for research but also for outreach, for the advancement of the public understanding of ancient Greek culture. After explaining its origins, and pondering the possible meanings of the Professorship's title, it seeks to explore four 'myths' about the ancient Greeks and their culture (or cultures), myths deliberately chosen to illustrate the huge range of the Hellenic tradition that is still actively at work in our own culture. These are: i. that there was an entity called 'Ancient Greece'; ii. that the ancient Greeks were technologically backward; iii. that the ancient Greeks really were (or looked) anything like they are depicted in such movies as 300; and iv. that the Greeks invented democracy in anything like the form in which we understand it today. Forever Young: Why Cambridge has a Professor of Greek Culture. Subject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]
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BIC Subject Area 1: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]
Book Title: Forever Young: Why Cambridge has a Professor of Greek Culture
ISBN: 0521121728
Publication Date: 10/12/2009
Item Depth: 5
Number of Pages: 36 Pages
Publication Name: Forever Young: Why Cambridge has a Professor of Greek Culture: An A. G. Leventis Inaugural Lecture Given in the University of Cambridge, 16 February 2009
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 187 mm
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2009
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 40 g
Author: Paul Cartledge
Item Width: 122 mm
Format: Paperback
