Athens and Persia in the fifth century B.C : a study in cultural receptivity / Margaret C. Miller.

Main entry:

Miller, Margaret Christina.

Title & Author:

Athens and Persia in the fifth century B.C : a study in cultural receptivity / Margaret C. Miller.

Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Description:

xiv, 331 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliography and indexes.
1. Relations between Athenians and Persians to the late fifth century: an overview -- 2. Infusion and diffusion of alien goods: spoils of the Persian Wars -- 3. Cultural exchange through trade -- 4. Zones of contact between Greeks and the western empire -- 5. Diplomatic exchange: visions of splendour -- 6. Persian gold and Attic clay -- 7. Incorporation of foreign items of dress -- 8. Metamorphosis of a luxury culture -- 9. The Odeion of Perikles and imperial expression -- 10. Perserie: Athenian receptivity to Achaemenid Persian culture -- Index of Greek epigraphical texts.

ISBN:

0521495989
9780521495981
0521607582 (pbk.)
9780521607582 (pbk.)

Subject:

International relations.
Greece History Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.
Athens (Greece) Relations Iran.
Iran Relations Greece Athens.
Grèce Histoire 479-431 av. J.-C. (Apogée d'Athènes)
Greece.
Greece Athens.
Iran.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191536
Call No.: ID DF227.5.M56; ID:97-B2492
Status: Available

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