Lara O’Sullivan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5634358 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lara O’Sullivan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lara |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Sullivan |
| SIGNATURE | O’SULLIVAN L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Epilogue
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book focuses on the diversity and particularity of the experience and representation of violence in the period, and the importance of treating the widest range of source material in constructing histories of violence. It suggests that a key cultural phenomenon of violence in the period is the collapse of the categories of publi…
Cultural Perceptions of Violence in the Hellenistic World
Violence had long been central to the experience of Hellenistic Greek cities and to their civic discourses. This volume asks how these discourses were shaped and how they functioned within the particular cultural constructs of the Hellenistic world. It was a period in which warfare became more professionalised, and wars increasingly ubiquitous. The period also saw major changes in political structures that led to political and cultural experiment…
Augustus and Alexander the Great at Athens
Through consideration of the death of the Indian Zarmanochegas at the Mysteries of 19 B.C.E. (Dio 54.9.10), a death strongly evocative of an incident in the reign of Alexander the Great, this paper examines the deployment of Alexander's memory for the articulation of Augustus' power to a Greek audience
The Regime of Demetrius of Phalerum in Athens, 317-307 BCE
Erudite and urbane, a scion of the Peripatos, Demetrius of Phalerum dominated Athenian political life for a decade (317-307 B.C.E.) with Macedonian support. Viewed by some as the embodiment of the longed-for 'philosopher-king', Demetrius has been seen a test case for the interplay of philosophical training and political praxis in antiquity. This book, through a close re-examination of the fragmentary and diffuse testimonia for Demetrius' decade, …
The Regime of Demetrius of Phalerum in Athens, 317-307 BCE
Erudite and urbane, a scion of the Peripatos, Demetrius of Phalerum dominated Athenian political life for a decade (317-307 B.C.E.) with Macedonian support. Viewed by some as the embodiment of the longed-for 'philosopher-king', Demetrius has been seen a test case for the interplay of philosophical training and political praxis in antiquity. This book, through a close re-examination of the fragmentary and diffuse testimonia for Demetrius' decade, …
Cultural Perceptions of Violence in the Hellenistic World
Violence had long been central to the experience of Hellenistic Greek cities and to their civic discourses. This volume asks how these discourses were shaped and how they functioned within the particular cultural constructs of the Hellenistic world. It was a period in which warfare became more professionalised, and wars increasingly ubiquitous. The period also saw major changes in political structures that led to political and cultural experiment…
The Regime of Demetrius of Phalerum in Athens, 317-307 BCE
Erudite and urbane, a scion of the Peripatos, Demetrius of Phalerum dominated Athenian political life for a decade (317-307 B.C.E.) with Macedonian support. Viewed by some as the embodiment of the longed-for 'philosopher-king', Demetrius has been seen a test case for the interplay of philosophical training and political praxis in antiquity. This book, through a close re-examination of the fragmentary and diffuse testimonia for Demetrius' decade, …
Augustus and Alexander the Great at Athens
Through consideration of the death of the Indian Zarmanochegas at the Mysteries of 19 B.C.E. (Dio 54.9.10), a death strongly evocative of an incident in the reign of Alexander the Great, this paper examines the deployment of Alexander's memory for the articulation of Augustus' power to a Greek audience
Epilogue
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book focuses on the diversity and particularity of the experience and representation of violence in the period, and the importance of treating the widest range of source material in constructing histories of violence. It suggests that a key cultural phenomenon of violence in the period is the collapse of the categories of publi…
Cultural Perceptions of Violence in the Hellenistic World
Violence had long been central to the experience of Hellenistic Greek cities and to their civic discourses. This volume asks how these discourses were shaped and how they functioned within the particular cultural constructs of the Hellenistic world. It was a period in which warfare became more professionalised, and wars increasingly ubiquitous. The period also saw major changes in political structures that led to political and cultural experiment…
Classical Antiquity Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Greece (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works)