Boys-Stones G.R., Graziosi B., Vasunia P. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies

Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. — 912 p. — (Oxford Handbooks). — ISBN: 978-0-19-928614-0.The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies is a unique collection of some seventy articles which together explore the ways in which ancient Greece has been, is, and might be studied. It is intended to inform its readers, but also, importantly, to inspire them, and to enable them to pursue their own research by introducing the primary resources and exploring the latest agenda for their study. The emphasis is on the breadth and potential of Hellenic Studies as a flourishing and exciting intellectual arena, and also upon its relevance to the way we think about ourselves today.George Boys-Stones is Senior Lecturer in Classics, Durham University. Barbara Graziosi is Senior Lecturer in Classics, Durham University. Phiroze Vasunia is Reader in Classics, Reading University.Hellenism and modernity / James I. Porter
Indigenous hellenisms/indigenous modernities: classical antiquity, materiality, and modern Greek society / Yannis Hamilakis
Near eastern perspectives on the Greeks / Robert Rollinger
Colonies and colonization / Franco de Angelis
The Athenian empire / Polly Low
Alexander the Great / Pierre Briant
Hellensitic culture / Susan Stephens
Roman perspectives on the Greeks / Alessandro Barchiesi
Greece and Rome / Tim Whitmarsh
Hebraism and hellenism / Erich S. Gruen
The Greek heritage in Islam / Gotthard Strohmaier
Hellenism in the Renaissance / Christopher S. Celenza
Hellensim in the Enlightenment / Paul Cartledge
Ideologies of hellenism / Luciano Canfora
The polis / James Redfield
Civic institutions / Sara Forsdyke
Economy and trade / Sitta von Reden
War and society / Peter Hunt
Urban landscape and architecture / Robin Osborne
The city as memory / John Ma
Ancient concepts of personal identity / Christopher Gill
The politics of the Sumposion / Fiona Hobden
Coming of age, peer groups, and rites of passage / Claude Calame
Friendship, love, and marriage / Eva Cantarella
Sexuality and gender / Laura McClure
Slaver / Page DuBois
Ethnic prejudice and racism / Benjamin Isaac
Maritime identities / Kim Ayodeji
Travel and travel writing / Maria Pretzler
Religion / Julia Kindt
Games and festivals / Jason König
Just visiting: the mobile world of Classical Athens / Carol Dougherty
Greek political theory / Christopher Rowe
Performance and text in Ancient Greece / Gregory Nagy
Books and literacy / Wolfgang Rösler
Epic poetry / Johannes Haubold
Lyric poetry / Andrea Capra
Tragedy / Oliver Taplin
Comedy / David Konstan
Historiography / Carolyn Dewald
Oratory / Lene Rubinstein
Low philosophy / William D. Desmond
High philosophy / Dirk Baltzly
Magic / Derek Collins
Medicine / Brooke Holmes
Music / Eleonora Rocconi
The exact sciences / Reviel Netz
Hellenistic poetry / Alexander Sens
Biography / Christopher Pelling
The novel / Stephen A. Nimis
Performance, text, and the history of criticism / Andrew L. Ford
Comparative approaches to the study of culture / G.E.R. Lloyd
Postcolonialism / Emily Greenwood
Demography and Sociology / Walter Scheidel
Myth, mythology, and mythography / Jan N. Bremmer
Gender studies / Marilyn B. Skinner
Comparative philology and linguistics / Philomen Probert
Epigraphy / P.J. Rhodes
Archaeology / James Whitley
Numismatics / Andrew Meadows
Manuscript studies / Natalie Tchernetska
Papyrology / David Armstrong
Textual criticism / Luigi Battezzato
Commentaries / Barbara Graziosi
Psychoanalysis / Rachel Bowlby
Translation studies / Alexandra Lianeri
Film studies / Pantelis Michelakis
Reception / Miriam Leonard