In The Greek and Roman Trophy: From Battlefield Marker to Icon of Power , Kinnee presents the first monographic treatment of ancient trophies in sixty years. The study spans Archaic Greece through the Augustan Principate. Kinnee aims to create a holistic view of this complex monument-type by breaking down boundaries between the study of art history, philology, the history of warfare, and the anthropology of religion and magic. Ultimately, the kaleidoscopic picture that emerges is of an ad hoc anthropomorphic Greek talisman that gradually developed into a sophisticated, Augustan sculptural or architectural statement of power. The former, a product of the hoplite phalanx, disappeared from battlefields as the Macedonian cavalry grew in importance, shifting instead onto coins and into rhetoric, where it became a statement of military might. For their part, the Romans seem to have encountered the trophy as an icon on Syracusan coinage. Recognizing its value as a statement of territorial ownership, the Romans spent two centuries honing the trophy-concept into an empire-building tool, planted at key locations around the Mediterranean to assert Roman presence and dominance. This volume covers a ubiquitous but poorly understood phenomenon and will therefore be instructive to upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars in all fields of Classical Studies.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0415788382
ISBN-13
9780415788380
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237685149
Product Key Features
Author
Lauren Kinnee
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Ancient / General, History / Ancient & Classical, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Genre
Art, History
Number of Pages
162 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
N8224.M49k56 2018
Reviews
In this volume Kinnee offers a comprehensive account of the development of the trophy in Greek and Roman culture. Combining study of the literary and archaeological evidence with insights from anthropology and the history of religions, she offers a provocative new interpretation of the Greek trophy, radically different from the icon of power it later became. - Zahra Newby, University of Warwick, UK
Publication Name
Greek and Roman Trophy : from Battlefield Marker to Icon of Power
Table of Content
List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Grappling with Definitions Chapter 3: Repairing Fractured Perspectives Chapter 4: The Greek Trophy: Written Sources Chapter 5: Visual Evidence and the History of the Greek Trophy Chapter 6: The Roman Adoption and Adaptation of the Greek Trophy Chapter 7: Development and Dissemination of the Trophy Tableau Chapter 8: The Landscape Trophy Chapter 9: Conclusion Bibliography Index