Italy's lost Greece Magna Graecia and the making of modern archaeology

This title reveals the untold story of the modern engagement with Magna Graecia, the region of ancient Greek settlement in South Italy, and provides a unique perspective on the humanist investment in the ancient past, the evolution of modern Hellenism, and the making of the discipline of classical a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ceserani, Giovanna
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2011, 2011
Series:Greeks overseas / Greeks overseas
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This title reveals the untold story of the modern engagement with Magna Graecia, the region of ancient Greek settlement in South Italy, and provides a unique perspective on the humanist investment in the ancient past, the evolution of modern Hellenism, and the making of the discipline of classical archaeology
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780199932139