The present contribution will focus on a few case studies from the Archaic and Classical periods (the seer Mopsos, Alcaeus and his brother Antimenidas, the Greek mercenaries in Egypt, Aristagoras of Miletus, and the hero Memnon) in order to investigate the way according to which the Greeks perceived and defined the boundaries of some Near Eastern imperial formations, i.e. Assyria, Babylon, Egypt, and Persia. The analysis aims to understand how different factors such as imperial ideology, geographical knowledge, and personal experience contributed to shape Greek views on the imperial space.
From the ends of the earth you are come: Greek Perceptions of the Boundaries of the Near Eastern Empires. A Brief Journey
Coloru O
2023-01-01
Abstract
The present contribution will focus on a few case studies from the Archaic and Classical periods (the seer Mopsos, Alcaeus and his brother Antimenidas, the Greek mercenaries in Egypt, Aristagoras of Miletus, and the hero Memnon) in order to investigate the way according to which the Greeks perceived and defined the boundaries of some Near Eastern imperial formations, i.e. Assyria, Babylon, Egypt, and Persia. The analysis aims to understand how different factors such as imperial ideology, geographical knowledge, and personal experience contributed to shape Greek views on the imperial space.File in questo prodotto:
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