Narrow your search

Library

KBR (1)

KU Leuven (1)

LUCA School of Arts (1)

National Bank of Belgium (1)

Odisee (1)

Thomas More Kempen (1)

Thomas More Mechelen (1)

UCLL (1)

UGent (1)

ULB (1)

More...

Resource type

book (1)


Language

English (1)


Year
From To Submit

2004 (1)

Listing 1 - 1 of 1
Sort by
Money and the early Greek mind
Author:
ISBN: 0521832284 0521539927 1107148774 0511185871 0511185049 0511313756 0511483082 1280449535 0511187718 0511186789 9780511186783 9780511187711 9780521539920 9780521832281 9780511185878 9780511185045 9780511483080 9781280449536 9786610449538 6610449538 9780511313752 9781107148772 Year: 2004 Publisher: Cambridge, UK New York Cambridge University Press

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

How were the Greeks of the sixth century BC able to invent philosophy and tragedy? In this book Richard Seaford argues that a large part of the answer can be found in another momentous development, the invention and rapid spread of coinage which produced the first ever thoroughly monetised society. By transforming social relations, monetisation contributed to the ideas of the universe as an impersonal system (presocratic philosophy) and of the individual alienated from his own kin and from the gods (in tragedy). Seaford argues that an important precondition for this monetisation was the Greek practice of animal sacrifice, as represented in Homeric Epic, which describes a premonetary world on the point of producing money. This book combines social history, economic anthropology, numismatics and the close reading of literary, inscriptional, and philosophical texts. Questioning the origins and shaping force of Greek philosophy, this is a major book with wide appeal.

Keywords

Greek literature --- Money in literature. --- Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Epic poetry, Greek --- Economics and literature --- Economics in literature. --- Philosophy, Ancient. --- Money --- Littérature grecque --- Monnaie dans la littérature --- Tragédie grecque --- Poésie épique grecque --- Economie politique et littérature --- Economie politique dans la littérature --- Philosophie ancienne --- Monnaie --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Homer --- Knowledge --- Economics. --- Greece --- Grèce --- Economic conditions --- Conditions économiques --- Littérature grecque --- Monnaie dans la littérature --- Tragédie grecque --- Poésie épique grecque --- Economie politique et littérature --- Economie politique dans la littérature --- Grèce --- Conditions économiques --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Currency --- Monetary question --- Money, Primitive --- Specie --- Standard of value --- Exchange --- Finance --- Value --- Banks and banking --- Coinage --- Currency question --- Gold --- Silver --- Silver question --- Wealth --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- Literature --- Literature and economics --- Economic aspects --- Hóiméar --- Hūmīrūs --- Homeros --- Gomer --- Omir --- Omer --- Omero --- Ho-ma --- Homa --- Homérosz --- האמער --- הומירוס --- הומר --- הומרוס --- هومر --- هوميروس --- 荷马 --- Ὅμηρος --- Гамэр --- Hamėr --- Омир --- Homère --- Homero --- 호메로스 --- Homerosŭ --- Homērs --- Homeras --- Хомер --- ホメーロス --- ホメロス --- Гомер --- Homeri --- Hema --- Pseudo-Homer --- Pseudo Omero --- Homerus --- GR / Greece - Griekenland - Grèce --- 331.151 --- 92 --- Geschiedenis. --- Histoire. --- History. --- 92 Geschiedenis. --- 92 Histoire. --- 92 History. --- Geldwezen in de oudheid --- Geschiedenis

Listing 1 - 1 of 1
Sort by