Hugh Lindsay
Biographic Data
| ID | 3955773 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hugh Lindsay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hugh |
| FAMILY NAME | Lindsay |
| SIGNATURE | LINDSAY H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Newcastle Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 10 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Rome Day One
Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean, 800 BCE-200 CE
Edited by Allison Glazebrook and Madeleine M. Henry. Wisconsin Studies in Classics (Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2011), xi + 324 pp. $29.95 paper. This collection of 10 essays on
Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity: Art, Opera, Fiction, and the Proclamation of Modernity
By Simon Goldhill (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011), viii + 352 pp. $45.00/£30.95 clothThis book is about the Victorian response to Classical culture. The introduction reviews the g
Strabo's Cultural Geography: The Making of a Kolossourgia
Strabo and Homer: A chapter in cultural history
This paper discusses and explains Strabo's defence of Homer and thus evaluates Strabo's purpose and attitude to the poet particularly in view of the historical and cultural goals of his Geography . It is mainly in the Prolegomena (books one and two) that we see Strabo's approach toward various adversaries, as he justifies the significant presence of the most authoritative of all poets in his geographical work. In addition, I will try to identify …
Who is a barbarian? The barbarians in the ethnological and cultural taxonomies of Strabo
stranger : ‘... most people in this country ... separate the Hellenic race from all the rest as one, and to all the other races, which are countless in number and have no relation in blood or language to one another, they give the single name ‘barbarian’ ’. (Plato, Politicus 262d) The Geography of Strabo, the most comprehensive ethnographic work to survive from classical antiquity, is one of the main sources for a study of the ancient attitude to…
Kolossourgia . ‘A colossal statue of a work’
καθάπερ τε καὶ ἐν τοῖς κολοσσικοῖς ἔργοις οὐ τὸ καθ' ἕκαστον ἀκριβὲς ζητοῦμεν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς καθόλου προσέχομεν μᾶλλον, εἰ καλῶς τὸ ὅλον. οὕτως κἀν τούτοις δεῖ ποιεῖσθαι τὴν κρίσιν. κολοσσουργία γάρ τις καὶ αὐτή, τὰ μεγάλα φράζουσα πῶς ἔχει καὶ ὅλα, πλὴν εἴ τι κινεῖν δύναται καὶ τῶν μικρῶν τὸν φιλειδήμονα καὶ τὸν πραγματικόν. (1.1.23) Just as, in colossal statues, we do not seek detail in each individual part but rather pay attention to general aspec…
Greek geography and Roman empire: The transformation of tradition in Strabo's Euxine
In the seventeen books of Strabo's Geography , the Euxine or Black Sea region receives a lot of attention from the opening chapters onwards. Why so much? The question becomes still sharper when we observe Strabo's awareness of the sheer size of his work. His great text is like a colossal statue, as he puts it. There is an evident authorial pride in its scope and a claim to special quality to match the quantity, but Strabo also shows, sometimes ex…
The European provinces: Strabo as evidence
My research for this paper was prompted by the realisation that a reading of Strabo's Geography yields little impression of how the Roman world was divided and arranged into provinces. Strabo is often supposed to have been motivated in his work by the expansion of the Roman empire, and consequently he might be expected to have some considerable interest in its provincial structure. As it turns out, however, Strabo's remarks about the provinces ar…
Gender at the crossroads of empire: Locating women in Strabo's Geography
This project began as an attempt to outline the role of women in Strabo's Geography ; or, to speak more geographically, it began with a desire to determine the place women occupy in Strabo's account of the world. Given that women (with a few notable exceptions) remain relatively muted in Strabo's overall landscape, the topic initially seemed a straightforward one. Yet in working systematically through the Geography it soon becomes evident that St…
Ανδρες ἔνδοξοι or ‘men of high reputation’ in Strabo's Geography
In the prooemium to his Geography Strabo announces that, among other topics, he intends to supply information on the lives of ἄνδρες ἐπιφανεῖς. And in fact, numerous passages of his κολοσσουργία give praise to famous persons and briefly characterise them in connection with the description of certain poleis. These passages may be regarded as a typical feature of his cultural geography of Asia Minor and the Mediterranean world. Strabo honours promi…
Comparing Strabo with Pausanias: Greece in context vs. Greece in depth
Strabo and Pausanias both came from Roman Asia Minor and wrote extensive descriptions of Greece. This is where the similarities seem to end. Since the ‘rediscovery’ of Greece in the early nineteenth century, most scholars have admired Pausanias' detailed Periegesis as an excellent source and guide, while books eight and nine of Strabo's Geography have often been dismissed because, with some exceptions, they look superficial and at times inaccurat…
The foundation of Greek colonies and their main features in Strabo: A portrayal lacking homogeneity?
The Roman world of the first century bce , which provides not only the historical and political but also the cultural and ideological context of Strabo's work, is perceived and consequently described in the Geography as a complex overall picture to which all the qualities and methodological knowledge peculiar to the philosopher must be applied. Within this picture, individual details may be played down or omitted if they risk diverting the reader…
The man in Turia's life, with a consideration of inheritance issues, infertility, and virtues in marriage in the 1st c. B.C
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Adoption in the Roman World
Adoption in other cultures and other times provides a background to understanding the operation of adoption in the Roman worlds. This book considers the relationship of adoption to kinship structures in the Greek and Roman world. It considers the procedures for adoption followed by a separate analysis of testamentary cases, and the impact of adoption on nomenclature. The impact of adoption on inheritance arrangements is considered, including an a…
Sextus Pompeius
Pompeian and Scribonian Descendants in the Early Empire
Death-Pollution and Funerals in the City of Rome
The aim of this chapter is to examine some of the complex factors shaping Roman funerary practices. Aspects of Roman customs show fear or at least avoidance of close contact with death. From the time of the Twelve Tables, and perhaps earlier, the place of burial had been regulated, distancing the living and the dead. Moreover, while intimate family had an inevitable involvement in the death of a relative, for outsiders death involved some ambigui…
Who was apicius?
The identity of the epicure Apicius and his relationship to the only complete cookery book to survive from antiquity is examined. A case is made for a single significant identity of that name. The book itself may incorporate very few truly Apician components, and should be dated shortly before AD 385.
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Who was apicius?
The identity of the epicure Apicius and his relationship to the only complete cookery book to survive from antiquity is examined. A case is made for a single significant identity of that name. The book itself may incorporate very few truly Apician components, and should be dated shortly before AD 385.
Sextus Pompeius
Pompeian and Scribonian Descendants in the Early Empire
Death-Pollution and Funerals in the City of Rome
The aim of this chapter is to examine some of the complex factors shaping Roman funerary practices. Aspects of Roman customs show fear or at least avoidance of close contact with death. From the time of the Twelve Tables, and perhaps earlier, the place of burial had been regulated, distancing the living and the dead. Moreover, while intimate family had an inevitable involvement in the death of a relative, for outsiders death involved some ambigui…
Strabo's Cultural Geography: The Making of a Kolossourgia
Strabo and Homer: A chapter in cultural history
This paper discusses and explains Strabo's defence of Homer and thus evaluates Strabo's purpose and attitude to the poet particularly in view of the historical and cultural goals of his Geography . It is mainly in the Prolegomena (books one and two) that we see Strabo's approach toward various adversaries, as he justifies the significant presence of the most authoritative of all poets in his geographical work. In addition, I will try to identify …
Who is a barbarian? The barbarians in the ethnological and cultural taxonomies of Strabo
stranger : ‘... most people in this country ... separate the Hellenic race from all the rest as one, and to all the other races, which are countless in number and have no relation in blood or language to one another, they give the single name ‘barbarian’ ’. (Plato, Politicus 262d) The Geography of Strabo, the most comprehensive ethnographic work to survive from classical antiquity, is one of the main sources for a study of the ancient attitude to…
Kolossourgia . ‘A colossal statue of a work’
καθάπερ τε καὶ ἐν τοῖς κολοσσικοῖς ἔργοις οὐ τὸ καθ' ἕκαστον ἀκριβὲς ζητοῦμεν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς καθόλου προσέχομεν μᾶλλον, εἰ καλῶς τὸ ὅλον. οὕτως κἀν τούτοις δεῖ ποιεῖσθαι τὴν κρίσιν. κολοσσουργία γάρ τις καὶ αὐτή, τὰ μεγάλα φράζουσα πῶς ἔχει καὶ ὅλα, πλὴν εἴ τι κινεῖν δύναται καὶ τῶν μικρῶν τὸν φιλειδήμονα καὶ τὸν πραγματικόν. (1.1.23) Just as, in colossal statues, we do not seek detail in each individual part but rather pay attention to general aspec…
Greek geography and Roman empire: The transformation of tradition in Strabo's Euxine
In the seventeen books of Strabo's Geography , the Euxine or Black Sea region receives a lot of attention from the opening chapters onwards. Why so much? The question becomes still sharper when we observe Strabo's awareness of the sheer size of his work. His great text is like a colossal statue, as he puts it. There is an evident authorial pride in its scope and a claim to special quality to match the quantity, but Strabo also shows, sometimes ex…
The European provinces: Strabo as evidence
My research for this paper was prompted by the realisation that a reading of Strabo's Geography yields little impression of how the Roman world was divided and arranged into provinces. Strabo is often supposed to have been motivated in his work by the expansion of the Roman empire, and consequently he might be expected to have some considerable interest in its provincial structure. As it turns out, however, Strabo's remarks about the provinces ar…
Gender at the crossroads of empire: Locating women in Strabo's Geography
This project began as an attempt to outline the role of women in Strabo's Geography ; or, to speak more geographically, it began with a desire to determine the place women occupy in Strabo's account of the world. Given that women (with a few notable exceptions) remain relatively muted in Strabo's overall landscape, the topic initially seemed a straightforward one. Yet in working systematically through the Geography it soon becomes evident that St…
Ανδρες ἔνδοξοι or ‘men of high reputation’ in Strabo's Geography
In the prooemium to his Geography Strabo announces that, among other topics, he intends to supply information on the lives of ἄνδρες ἐπιφανεῖς. And in fact, numerous passages of his κολοσσουργία give praise to famous persons and briefly characterise them in connection with the description of certain poleis. These passages may be regarded as a typical feature of his cultural geography of Asia Minor and the Mediterranean world. Strabo honours promi…
Comparing Strabo with Pausanias: Greece in context vs. Greece in depth
Strabo and Pausanias both came from Roman Asia Minor and wrote extensive descriptions of Greece. This is where the similarities seem to end. Since the ‘rediscovery’ of Greece in the early nineteenth century, most scholars have admired Pausanias' detailed Periegesis as an excellent source and guide, while books eight and nine of Strabo's Geography have often been dismissed because, with some exceptions, they look superficial and at times inaccurat…
The foundation of Greek colonies and their main features in Strabo: A portrayal lacking homogeneity?
The Roman world of the first century bce , which provides not only the historical and political but also the cultural and ideological context of Strabo's work, is perceived and consequently described in the Geography as a complex overall picture to which all the qualities and methodological knowledge peculiar to the philosopher must be applied. Within this picture, individual details may be played down or omitted if they risk diverting the reader…
The man in Turia's life, with a consideration of inheritance issues, infertility, and virtues in marriage in the 1st c. B.C
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Adoption in the Roman World
Adoption in other cultures and other times provides a background to understanding the operation of adoption in the Roman worlds. This book considers the relationship of adoption to kinship structures in the Greek and Roman world. It considers the procedures for adoption followed by a separate analysis of testamentary cases, and the impact of adoption on nomenclature. The impact of adoption on inheritance arrangements is considered, including an a…
Rome Day One
Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean, 800 BCE-200 CE
Edited by Allison Glazebrook and Madeleine M. Henry. Wisconsin Studies in Classics (Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2011), xi + 324 pp. $29.95 paper. This collection of 10 essays on
Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity: Art, Opera, Fiction, and the Proclamation of Modernity
By Simon Goldhill (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011), viii + 352 pp. $45.00/£30.95 clothThis book is about the Victorian response to Classical culture. The introduction reviews the g
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