Folly and violence in the court of Alexander the Great and his successors?
Subtitle: Greco-Roman perspectives
By: Tim Howe, Sabine Müller (eds.).
Series: Komik und Gewalt -- Comic and violence -- = Comique et violence -- vol. 8; Komik und Gewalt -- Comic and violence -- = Comique et violence -- v. 8.
Publisher: Projektverlag
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Bochum
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
ISBN-13: 9783897333970
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Macedonians; History; Violence
Description: "The ancient Greco-roman sources on the history of Alexander III and the successors contain numerous episodes on diverse forms of Macedonian violence. Viewed from a mocking, moralistic perspective, the Macedonians served as a distorted mirror in which Greeks and Romans asserted their identities. The theme of Macedonian violence was also present in Greek comedy. This volume explored four case studies aiming at the deconstruction of these Greco-Roman topoi. The articles examine images of the Macedonians, Alexander, and Demetrius Poliorcetes analyzing the dimensions and expressions of Greco-Roman bias and its socio-political background."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : does the cliché suffice? / Tim Howe, Sabine Müller; title: Youthful folly and intergenerational violence in Greco-Roman narratives on Alexander the Great? / Sulochana Asirvatham; title: Between Debauchery and ludicrousness : Alexander the Great and the golden plane tree / Matti Borchert; title: Make it big: the "new decadence" of the Macedonians under Philipp II and Alexander III in Greco-Roman narratives / Sabine Müller; title: Folly and violence in Athens under the successors / Frances Pownall.