Introduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23645973 |
|---|---|
| Editors | Emma Bridges (0000-0002-8071-9925), Edith Hall (0000-0002-8438-6814), P J Rhodes |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 3-30 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Cultural responses to the Persian wars (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199279678.003.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4256311747 |
| ISBN | 9780199279678 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
This introductory chapter begins with a brief discussion of the purpose of the book, which is to throw the maximum possible fresh light on both the consistency of certain themes within the reception of the actual battles of the Persian Wars and the diversity of the ways in which they have been treated. It outlines the actual events that led to the Persian Wars. An overview of the subsequent chapters is presented.
Art · Consistency (knowledge bases) · Diversity (politics) · Linguistics · Literature · Persian · Political science · Ancient Near East History · Artificial Intelligence · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
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The Persian Empire from Cyrus II to Artaxerxes I
Alexander the Great and Panhellenism
Literacy and Orality in Ancient Greece
The Spartan Tradition in European Thought
Life and Letters in the Papyri
Projecting the Past
The Cambridge History of Iran
Pausanias' Greece
The Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece
Rome in the Greek Novel? Images and Ideas of Empire in Chariton's Persia
Launching into History
The Battle of Salamis and the Origins of Political Theory
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |