{"product_id":"reading-greek-and-hellenistic-roman-spolia-objects-appropriation-and-cultural-change-9789004682696","title":"Reading Greek and Hellenistic-Roman Spolia: Objects, Appropriation and Cultural Change","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlundering and taking home precious objects from a defeated enemy was a widespread activity in the Greek and Hellenistic-Roman world. In this volume literary critics, historians and archaeologists join forces in investigating this phenomenon in terms of appropriation and cultural change. In-depth interpretations of famous ancient spoliations, like that of the Greeks after Plataea or the Romans after the capture of Jerusalem, reveal a fascinating paradox: while the material record shows an eager incorporation of new objects, the texts display abhorrence of the negative effects they were thought to bring along. As this volume demonstrates, both reactions testify to the crucial innovative impact objects from abroad may have.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword   Preface   List of Figures   Notes on Contributors      Part 1: Introduction   1 Innovating Objects? Spolia and the Question of Appropriation    Irene J.F. de Jong and Miguel John Versluys      2 How to Deal with ‘Things from Outside’: An Anthropological Perspective    Pieter ter Keurs      3 Triumphus and the Taming of Objects: Spoliation and the Process of Appropriation in Late Republican Rome    Miguel John Versluys      4 Spolia as Exempla \/ Exempla as Spolia: Two Case Studies on Historical (Dis)Continuity and Morality    Christoph Pieper      Part 2: Case Studies   5 Herodotus’ Framing of the Persian Spolia at Plataea    Irene J.F. de Jong      6 Herodotus and the Persian Spolia on the Acropolis of Athens    J.Z. van Rookhuijzen      7 ‘A City Is Not Adorned by What Comes from Outside, but by the Virtue of Its Inhabitants’: Polybius on the Pragmatics of Spoliation    Rutger J. Allan      8 Spoils of Sicily and Their Impact on Late Republican Rome: An Archaeological Perspective    Suzan van de Velde      9 Luxuria peregrina (Livy 39.6): Spolia and Rome’s Gastronomic Revolution    Lidewij van Gils and Rebecca Henzel      10 Showing and Telling Spolia: The Triumphal Procession of Aemilius Paullus in Plutarch and Diodorus Siculus    Michel Buijs      11 ‘The Glory of Alexander and Philip Made Spoil by Roman Arms’: The Triumph of Aemilius Paullus in 167 BCE    Rolf Strootman      12 Between Triumph and Tragedy: Josephus, Bellum Judaicum 7.121–157    Luuk Huitink      13 Judaea at the Tiber: Sacred Objects from Judaea and Their New Function in Imperial Rome    Eric M. Moormann      Part 3: Conclusion   14 ‘Spolia’ as Category: Greek and Roman Perspectives   Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210873889111,"sku":"9789004682696","price":88.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reading-greek-and-hellenistic-roman-spolia-objects-appropriation-and-cultural-change-9789004682696","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}