1st Edition

Man, State and Deity Essays in Ancient History

By Victor Ehrenberg Copyright 1974
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1974, this book is a collection of nine essays written by Victor Ehrenberg between 1925 and 1967, five of which had not been published before. They deal with a number of aspects of Greek and Roman history, and with the nature of ancient history in the East and West. The first essay is a broad survey of interactions between opposing forces and ideas in the world as seen from the... Read more

1. East and West in antiquity  2. Freedom – ideal and reality  3. Prometheus  4. Dike and Eros  5. Some aspects of the transition from the Classical to the Hellenistic Age  6. The Hellenistic Age  7. Some Roman concepts of state and empire  8. Caesar’s final aims  9. Remarks on the meaning of history

Biography

Ehrenberg, Victor