Hellenism in Late Antiquity

by Glen W. Bowersock

Book Overview

The extraordinary adaptability and durability of Greek culture in times of momentous change is revealed in this book, as G. W. Bowersock seeks to interpret Hellenism in a predominantly Christian world. In this effort he sheds new light on a late paganism that has often been seen as moribund and shows it to have been unexpectedly vigorous.
Hellenism, comprising the language, thought, mythology, and images of the Greeks, contributed fundamentally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472064185
• ISBN13: 9780472064182
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.2"