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9780198152316
Hellenism and Empire Language, Classicism, and Power in the Greek World, Ad 50-250
by Swain, Simon
by Swain, Simon
Product details
- ISBN-13: 9780198152316
- ISBN: 0198152310
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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"Simon Swain's achievement...is to make inauthenticity the key to latter Greek literature instead of its embarrassment. In the first half of the book he examines the relationship between language, identity, and the past. he sees language as a form of cultural resistance to the Roman Empire, a purging of the conqueror from the lexicon..."Swain, Simon is the author of 'Hellenism and Empire Language, Classicism, and Power in the Greek World, Ad 50-250' with ISBN 9780198152316 and ISBN 0198152310.
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