Maria Pretzler
Biographic Data
| ID | 5633646 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Pretzler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Pretzler |
| SIGNATURE | PRETZLER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swansea University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mythography and Geography
This chapter investigates the role of myths in the ancient literary genre and science of geography. Myths had a geographical dimension: many were embedded in the landscape, defining places and their past, some also forged connections between places and regions. Geographers could focus on basic contemporary details of topography, but most refer to the past to define places and regions. This is why geographers often had to engage in mythography. I …
Behind the Mask: Character and Society in Menander
This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a major influence on Shakespeare and Molière. However, his work survived only in excerpts and quotation until some significant texts reappeared in the ninet…
The Polis Falling Apart: Aineias Tacticus and Stasis
Brill's Companion to Aineias Tacticus
Brill’s Companion to Aineias Tacticus is a collection of articles on the significance of the earliest Greek handbook on military tactics. Aineias’ (Aeneas) wrote his Poliorketika in the mid-fourth century BC, offering a unique perspective on contemporary Greek city-states, warfare and intellectual trends. We offer an introduction to Aineias and his work, and then discuss the work’s historical and intellectual context, his qualities as a writer, a…
Mantinea
Mantinea was a city in northeastern Arcadia. As one of the larger Peloponnesian poleis , it became a member of major regional alliances while also pursuing its own regional ambitions. This resulted in repeated conflicts with its southern neighbor Tegea and hegemonic powers, and Mantinea was destroyed and rebuilt on the same site twice (385/70 and 223 BCE ).
Umbrians
The Umbrians were an ethnic group based in central Italy, from the upper Tiber valley across the Apennines to the Adriatic coast; their language was Indo‐European and closely related to Oscan. They lived in small city‐states with strong individual identities, which came under Roman control in the late fourth and early third century BCE . In 12 BCE Umbria was, for the first time, defined in exact geographical and administrative terms as Augustus' …
From one connoisseur to another: Pausanias as Winckelmann's guide to analysing Greek art
Pausanias’ influence on Winckelmann is subtle, but had a considerable effect: Winckelmann himself considered Pausanias’ approach to art as similar to his own. At times he probably projected more of his own ideas onto Pausanias than the text of the Periegesis would actually suggest, but this shows how much Winckelmann came to identify with the ancient author on whose judgement he was so often forced to rely. He used Pausanias above all to form an …
Travel and Travel Writing
Greek travellers tried to take their city with them: travel is typically conducted as a civic act, one justified and defined by one's tie to the city: trade, for example, or martial aggression, or colonization. This article discusses the range of travel experiences reflected in surviving literature. The study of ancient travel focuses on the process of travelling, on individual travellers' movements and their reactions to particular journeys and …
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…
Following Pausanias. The Quest for Greek Antiquity
This book is the first to offer a historical overview of the reception of Pausanias, with a particular focus on the early modern period. Pausanias, a Greek writer of the second century AD, presents a detailed description of the historical landscape of central and southern Greece. His work, the Periegesis, is a mine of valuable information about ancient culture. Since its rediscovery by western scholars in the early fifteenth century, the Perieges…
Archaeological Fieldwork Reports: Upper Esino Valley Survey, August–October 2006
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Pausanias and Oral Tradition
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Pausanias at Mantinea: Invention and manipulation of local history
Pausanias' qualities as a historian have long been the subject of scholarly attention, not least because some of his historical accounts present modern commentators with seemingly insurmountable problems. In fact, there is no denying that at times, Pausanias gets his history spectacularly wrong. Such apparent errors are all the more problematic because Pausanias' version is sometimes incompatible with major historical works which he, as a very we…
Archaeological Fieldwork Support: Upper Esino Valley survey, August 2002
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Pausanias and Oral Tradition
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Pausanias at Mantinea: Invention and manipulation of local history
Pausanias' qualities as a historian have long been the subject of scholarly attention, not least because some of his historical accounts present modern commentators with seemingly insurmountable problems. In fact, there is no denying that at times, Pausanias gets his history spectacularly wrong. Such apparent errors are all the more problematic because Pausanias' version is sometimes incompatible with major historical works which he, as a very we…
From one connoisseur to another: Pausanias as Winckelmann's guide to analysing Greek art
Pausanias’ influence on Winckelmann is subtle, but had a considerable effect: Winckelmann himself considered Pausanias’ approach to art as similar to his own. At times he probably projected more of his own ideas onto Pausanias than the text of the Periegesis would actually suggest, but this shows how much Winckelmann came to identify with the ancient author on whose judgement he was so often forced to rely. He used Pausanias above all to form an …
Archaeological Fieldwork Support: Upper Esino Valley survey, August 2002
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Archaeological Fieldwork Support: Upper Esino Valley survey, August 2002
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Pausanias and Oral Tradition
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
Pausanias at Mantinea: Invention and manipulation of local history
Pausanias' qualities as a historian have long been the subject of scholarly attention, not least because some of his historical accounts present modern commentators with seemingly insurmountable problems. In fact, there is no denying that at times, Pausanias gets his history spectacularly wrong. Such apparent errors are all the more problematic because Pausanias' version is sometimes incompatible with major historical works which he, as a very we…
Archaeological Fieldwork Reports: Upper Esino Valley Survey, August–October 2006
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
Travel and Travel Writing
Greek travellers tried to take their city with them: travel is typically conducted as a civic act, one justified and defined by one's tie to the city: trade, for example, or martial aggression, or colonization. This article discusses the range of travel experiences reflected in surviving literature. The study of ancient travel focuses on the process of travelling, on individual travellers' movements and their reactions to particular journeys and …
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…
Following Pausanias. The Quest for Greek Antiquity
This book is the first to offer a historical overview of the reception of Pausanias, with a particular focus on the early modern period. Pausanias, a Greek writer of the second century AD, presents a detailed description of the historical landscape of central and southern Greece. His work, the Periegesis, is a mine of valuable information about ancient culture. Since its rediscovery by western scholars in the early fifteenth century, the Perieges…
From one connoisseur to another: Pausanias as Winckelmann's guide to analysing Greek art
Pausanias’ influence on Winckelmann is subtle, but had a considerable effect: Winckelmann himself considered Pausanias’ approach to art as similar to his own. At times he probably projected more of his own ideas onto Pausanias than the text of the Periegesis would actually suggest, but this shows how much Winckelmann came to identify with the ancient author on whose judgement he was so often forced to rely. He used Pausanias above all to form an …
Mantinea
Mantinea was a city in northeastern Arcadia. As one of the larger Peloponnesian poleis , it became a member of major regional alliances while also pursuing its own regional ambitions. This resulted in repeated conflicts with its southern neighbor Tegea and hegemonic powers, and Mantinea was destroyed and rebuilt on the same site twice (385/70 and 223 BCE ).
Umbrians
The Umbrians were an ethnic group based in central Italy, from the upper Tiber valley across the Apennines to the Adriatic coast; their language was Indo‐European and closely related to Oscan. They lived in small city‐states with strong individual identities, which came under Roman control in the late fourth and early third century BCE . In 12 BCE Umbria was, for the first time, defined in exact geographical and administrative terms as Augustus' …
The Polis Falling Apart: Aineias Tacticus and Stasis
Brill's Companion to Aineias Tacticus
Brill’s Companion to Aineias Tacticus is a collection of articles on the significance of the earliest Greek handbook on military tactics. Aineias’ (Aeneas) wrote his Poliorketika in the mid-fourth century BC, offering a unique perspective on contemporary Greek city-states, warfare and intellectual trends. We offer an introduction to Aineias and his work, and then discuss the work’s historical and intellectual context, his qualities as a writer, a…
Behind the Mask: Character and Society in Menander
This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a major influence on Shakespeare and Molière. However, his work survived only in excerpts and quotation until some significant texts reappeared in the ninet…
Mythography and Geography
This chapter investigates the role of myths in the ancient literary genre and science of geography. Myths had a geographical dimension: many were embedded in the landscape, defining places and their past, some also forged connections between places and regions. Geographers could focus on basic contemporary details of topography, but most refer to the past to define places and regions. This is why geographers often had to engage in mythography. I …
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