Greek man at the origins of the city (900-700 BC).
ARMAND COLIN| N° d'inventaire | 25016 |
| Format | 13.5 x 21 |
| Détails | 179 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris 1999 |
| Etat | Occasion |
| ISBN | 9782200014339 |
The 9th and 8th centuries BC constitute a decisive period in the history of the ancient Greek world. They are called the Geometric period - a term borrowed from archaeology and which refers to the type of ceramic produced during this time, characterized by geometric decoration. These centuries saw the emergence of the city-state, a political form specific to the ancient Greek world, bringing about decisive changes in its history and culture. During this period, the Greeks explored the Mediterranean region and began to colonize certain sites. However, the only contemporary literary documents that inform us about this period are the poems of Homer and Hesiod, the oldest texts of Greek literature. These poems are certainly works of fiction that were not intended to be historical documents. They nevertheless evoke the social practices, the ways of acting and thinking, the behaviors, the values and the framework which were already those of the Greek cities and which remained familiar to the Greeks of the following centuries. Foundations of their culture, these poems illustrate the different aspects and are as many major testimonies of the history of ancient Greek culture.
Evelyne Scheid-Tissinier is a lecturer at the University of Paris XIII. She published The Uses of the Gift in Homer with the Presses universitaires de Nancy (1994).
The 9th and 8th centuries BC constitute a decisive period in the history of the ancient Greek world. They are called the Geometric period - a term borrowed from archaeology and which refers to the type of ceramic produced during this time, characterized by geometric decoration. These centuries saw the emergence of the city-state, a political form specific to the ancient Greek world, bringing about decisive changes in its history and culture. During this period, the Greeks explored the Mediterranean region and began to colonize certain sites. However, the only contemporary literary documents that inform us about this period are the poems of Homer and Hesiod, the oldest texts of Greek literature. These poems are certainly works of fiction that were not intended to be historical documents. They nevertheless evoke the social practices, the ways of acting and thinking, the behaviors, the values and the framework which were already those of the Greek cities and which remained familiar to the Greeks of the following centuries. Foundations of their culture, these poems illustrate the different aspects and are as many major testimonies of the history of ancient Greek culture.
Evelyne Scheid-Tissinier is a lecturer at the University of Paris XIII. She published The Uses of the Gift in Homer with the Presses universitaires de Nancy (1994).