This book explores the imaginative processes at work in visual and verbal artefacts of Classical Athens. A fascinating reasssessment of "imagination" in this period, it is of interest to those working on ancient philosophies of mind and ancient Greek culture.
This book explores the imaginative processes at work in visual and verbal artefacts of Classical Athens. A fascinating reasssessment of "imagination" in this period, it is of interest to those working on ancient philosophies of mind and ancient Greek culture.
Emily Clifford is Junior Research Fellow in Greek Mythology at Christ Church College in Oxford, UK. Her research examines visual and verbal media from the Greek and Roman worlds to build a cultural history of thinking and idea-formation, currently focusing on death. She is completing a monograph on culturally-mediated reflections on death in Classical Athens. Xavier Buxton is Teaching Fellow in Greek Language and Literature at the University of Warwick, UK. His research combines literary criticism and intellectual history to explore ways of thinking, especially thinking with emotions, in Classical Athens.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Emily Clifford and Xavier Buxton; 1. How Far, How Close? Imagining the Battle of Cunaxa in Greek Historiography Luuk Huitink; 2. The Realms of Fantasy: Aristotle on the Phenomenality of Mental Imagery Pia Campeggiani; 3. Morbid Phantasies: the 'After Death' and the Dead between Imagination and Perception Karolina Sekita; 4. An Imagined and Imagining d¿mos in Athenian Public Inscription Leah Lazar; 5. Imagining Justice in the Athenian Lawcourt: Aeschines and Others Guy Westwood; 6. Plato's Creative Imagination Zacharoula Petraki; 7. Imagining Death with Painted Pots Emily Clifford; 8. Imagining Bodies with Gorgias David Fearn; 9. Vigilance to the Point of Magic Tom Phillips; 10. Performing the Mind: Aeschylus' Suppliants and the Theatre of 'Deep Thought' Xavier Buxton; Epilogue: The Ancient Imagination in Retrospect Jä Elsner and Michael Squire.
Introduction Emily Clifford and Xavier Buxton; 1. How Far, How Close? Imagining the Battle of Cunaxa in Greek Historiography Luuk Huitink; 2. The Realms of Fantasy: Aristotle on the Phenomenality of Mental Imagery Pia Campeggiani; 3. Morbid Phantasies: the 'After Death' and the Dead between Imagination and Perception Karolina Sekita; 4. An Imagined and Imagining d¿mos in Athenian Public Inscription Leah Lazar; 5. Imagining Justice in the Athenian Lawcourt: Aeschines and Others Guy Westwood; 6. Plato's Creative Imagination Zacharoula Petraki; 7. Imagining Death with Painted Pots Emily Clifford; 8. Imagining Bodies with Gorgias David Fearn; 9. Vigilance to the Point of Magic Tom Phillips; 10. Performing the Mind: Aeschylus' Suppliants and the Theatre of 'Deep Thought' Xavier Buxton; Epilogue: The Ancient Imagination in Retrospect Jä Elsner and Michael Squire.
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