Aspects of Hellenism in Italy: Towards a Cultural Unity? (Volume 5)

by Marjatta Nielsen (Editor)

A collection of articles from a seminar on Hellenism in Italy, held in Copenhagen in 1993. They cover a wide spectrum of topics and reflect an interdisciplinary collaboration.Pia Guldager Bilde, Inge Nielsen & Marjatta IntroductionJesper Le città della Magna Grecia e loro sviluppo in età ellenisticaLars Did the Romans Allow the Sicilian Greeks to Fortify Their Cities in the Third Century BC?Tobias Apulia and Etruria in the Early Hellenistic period. A SurveyKarina Theatre Architecture in Central Reception and ResistanceIngrid Strø Pontecagnano- A Hellenistic Town in the Former Etruscan CampaniaLise From Eye-Sight to The Notion of Greek Philosophy and Hellenistic Optics as a Trend in Roman Aesthetics and Building PracticePia Guldager The International Aspects of Pompeian First Style and Its Eastern EquivalentsFlemming Gorm Roman Figural Painting in the Hellenistic AgeSimon Greek Intelectuals in Rome- Some ExamplesBenedicte The Hellenization of the Latin VocabularyMette Lapis A Group of Hellenistic Sculptures in PeperinoJacob The Hellenization of Rome. Luxuria or liberalitas?Christian Hø The Poetic I in Hellenistic and Augustan PoetryHelle Salskov The Creation of a Religious Iconography in Etruria in the Hellenistic PeriodMarjatta Cultural Orientations in Etruria in the Hellenistic Greek Myths and Local Motifs on Volterran Urn ReliefsJohn Rhodian Amphorae as Evidence for the Relations between Late Punic Carthage and Rhodes

410 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995