The Greeks and the New   (eBook - Adobe PDF) (eBook)

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The Greeks have long been regarded as innovators across a wide range of fields in literature, culture, philosophy, politics and science. However, little attention has been paid to how they thought and felt about novelty and innovation itself, and to relating this to the forces of traditionalism and conservatism which were also present across all the various societies within ancient Greece. What inspired the Greeks to embark on their unique and enduring innovations? How did they think and feel about the new? This book represents the first serious attempt to address these issues, and deals with the phenomenon across all periods and areas of classical Greek history and thought. Each chapter concentrates on a different area of culture or thought, while the book as a whole argues that much of the impulse towards innovation came from the life of the polis which provided its setting.

Table of Contents:
1. New, new, new2. Loosening the grip of the past3. The transformations of Kaineus4. Old and new5. Nothing new under the sun6. The birth of Athena7. Inventions of Eris8. The newest song9. Constructions of novelty10. So what's new?

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