Memories of Odysseus. Frontier tales from ancient Greece.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - The conception of the Other has long been a problem for anthropologists and philosophers. In Memories of Odysseus, Fran�s Hartog tackles the problem in light of the Greek hero and his epic tale, the Odyssey. Drawing on a remarkable range of authors and texts, both ancient and modern, Hartog looks at accounts of actual travelers as well as the way travel is used as a trope throughout ancient Greek literature and finds that the Other is viewed with doubt and awe in the Homeric tradition. In fact, he argues, the Odyssey played a crucial role in shaping this attitude in the Greek mind, serving as inspiration for voyages in which the Greeks revised their concepts of self and Other through new encounters. Ambitious in scope, this is a sophisticated exploration of ancient Greece and its sense of identity and a reflection on the cultural frontier.