South Africa, Greece, Rome: Classical Confrontations

How have ancient Greece and Rome intersected with South African histories? This book canvasses architecture, literature, visual arts and historical memory. Some of the most telling manifestations of classical reception in South Africa have been indirect, for example neo-classical architecture or retellings of mythical stories. Far from being the mere handmaiden of colonialism (and later apartheid), classical antiquity has enabled challenges to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110710081X
• ISBN13: 9781107100817
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 566 Pages
• Weight: 2.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.3" x 10.2"