The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies

The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies is a unique collection of some seventy articles which together explore the ways in which ancient Greece has been, is, and might be studied. It is intended to inform its readers, but also, importantly, to inspire them, and to enable them to pursue their own research by introducing the primary resources and exploring the latest agenda for their study. The emphasis is on the breadth and potential of Hellenic Studies as a flourishing and exciting intellectual arena, and also upon its relevance to the way we think about ourselves today.

1 - Introduction
2 - Hellenism and Modernity
3 - Indigenous Hellenisms / Indigenous Modernities
4 - Near Eastern Perspectives on the Greeks
5 - Colonies and Colonization
6 - The Athenian Empire
7 - Alexander the Great
8 - Hellenistic Culture
9 - Roman Perspectives on the Greeks
10 - Greece under Rome
11 - Hebraism and Hellenism
12 - The Greek Heritage in Islam
13 - Hellenism in the Renaissance
14 - Hellenism in the Enlightenment
15 - Ideologies of Hellenism
1 - Introduction
2 - The Polis
3 - Civic Institutions
4 - Economy and Trade
5 - War and Society
6 - Urban Landscape and Architecture
7 - The City as Memory
8 - Ancient Concepts of Personal Identity
9 - Symposium and the Culture of Consumption
10 - Age, Peer Groups, Rites of Passage
11 - Friendship, Love, and Marriage
12 - Sexuality and Gender
13 - Slavery
14 - Ethnic Prejudice and Racism
15 - Maritime Identities
16 - Travel and Travel Writing
17 - Religion
18 - Games and Festivals
19 - Just Visiting: The Mobile World of Classical Athens
20 - Political Theory
1 - Introduction
2 - Performance and Text in Ancient Greece
3 - Literacy and Books
4 - Epic Poetry
5 - Lyric poetry
6 - Tragedy
7 - Comedy
8 - Historiography
9 - Oratory
10 - Low Philosophy
11 - High Philosophy
12 - Magic
13 - Medicine
14 - Music
15 - Exact Sciences
16 - Hellenistic Poetry
17 - Biography
18 - The Novel
19 - Performance
1 - Introduction
2 - Comparative Approaches to the Study of Culture
3 - Postcolonialism
4 - Demography and Sociology
5 - Myth, Mythology, and Mythography
6 - Gender Studies
7 - Comparative Philology and Linguistics
8 - Epigraphy
9 - Archaeology
10 - Numismatics
11 - Manuscript Studies
12 - Papyrology
13 - Textual Criticism
14 - Commentaries
15 - Psychoanalysis
16 - Translation Studies
17 - Film Studies
18 - Reception

George Boys-Stones is Senior Lecturer in Classics, Durham University. Barbara Graziosi is Senior Lecturer in Classics, Durham University. Phiroze Vasunia is Reader in Classics, Reading University.