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Verlag: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1992
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Paperback. Zustand: Gut. XII, 337 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Einband leicht berieben, leichte Randläsuren, Bleistiftanmerkung auf Schmutztitel, sonst gut und innen sauber / binding slightly rubbed, light edge wear, pencil annotation on half title, otherwise good and clean inside. - Myth, Ethos, and Actuality examines the depiction of mythic themes on Athenian public monuments in the period following the Persian wars, during the second and third quarters of the fifth century B.C. By relying not only on material remains, but also on the evidence of contemporary Greek history, rhetoric, and poetry, David Castriota interprets the Athenian monuments as vehicles of an official ideology intended to celebrate and justify the present in terms of the past. Castriota focuses on the use of myth as part of a strategy of ethical antithesis that asserted Greek moral superiority over the "barbaric" Persians, whose invasion had been repelled a generation earlier. He examines how, in major public programs of painting and sculpture, such leading artists as Mikon, Polygnotos, and Pheidias recast the Persians in the guise of wild and impious mythic antagonists (Amazons, Centaurs, Trojans, and Giants) to associate them with the ethical flaws or weaknesses commonly ascribed to women, animals, and foreigners. The Athenians, in contrast, were compared to mythic protagonists (Greeks, Lapiths, etc.) representing the excellence and triumph of Hellenic culture. Castriota's study is innovative in emphasizing the ethical implication of myth as an official tool of moral and ideological justification and the transformations that such concerns imposed on various mythic analogues. In the guise of mythic precedent, contemporary events could be endowed with a deeper cultural and religious significance, appearing as the outcome of long-established societal standards and divine will. Castriota explores how the myths were substantially altered to resemble the invasion and defeat of the Persians and to render them more effective as archetypes for the defense of Greek culture against a foreign, morally inferior enemy. The book also looks in new ways at the issue of audience response. By considering how the patrons and planners of such imagery could anticipate its impact on the viewer, Castriota reveals their efforts to manipulate public opinion through the selective presentation or repackaging of mythic traditions. / Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Mythic Analogue and the Celebration of the Persian Wars Chapter 1: Ethos and Antithesis in the Greek View of the Persian Wars Hybris and Sophrosyne The Defeat of Persia in Drama and History: The Ethical Rationale Ethos in the Marathon Painting Chapter 2: Ethos and Antithesis in the Kimonian Monuments The Theseion The Centauromachy The Amazonomachy Theseus and the Ring of Minos The Shrine of the Warlike Athena at Plataia The Seven Against Thebes The Slaying of the Suitors The Stoa Poikile: Persians, Amazons, and Trojans The Knidian Lesche at Delphi Chapter 3: Polygnotos and the Transformation of the Trojan Theme in the Knidian Lesche and the Stoa Poikile The Greek Ethos and the Iliupersis The Image of the Trojans The Image of the Greeks Ethos and Antithesis in the Nekyia Greeks and Trojans in the Stoa Poikile Ethos, Pathos, and Actuality Chapter 4: The Persian Wars and the Sculptures of the Parthenon The Parthenon as a Victory Monument The East Metopes: The Gigantomachy The West Metopes: The Amazonomachy The South Metopes: The Centauromachy The North Metopes: The Iliupersis Epilogue: The Iliupersis After Polygnotos and Pheidias Chapter 5: The Parthenon Frieze, Persia, and the Athenian Empire The Frieze and the Ethics of Imperialism Archaic Greek Precedents for the Part.
Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press, 1992
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