Hellenism in Byzantium: The Transformations of Greek Identity and the Reception of the Classical Tradition

by Anthony Kaldellis

Book Overview

This text was the first systematic study of what it meant to be 'Greek' in late antiquity and Byzantium, an identity that could alternatively become national, religious, philosophical, or cultural. Through close readings of the sources, Professor Kaldellis surveys the space that Hellenism occupied in each period; the broader debates in which it was caught up; and the historical causes of its successive transformations. The first section (100-400)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521876885
• ISBN13: 9780521876889
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"