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The Greek city from antiquity to present : historical reality, ideological construction, literary representation / by Kristoffel Demoen (ed.).

Contributor(s): Demoen, KristoffelMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: engfreger Publication details: Louvain ; Sterling, Va. : Peeters, 2001. Description: xi, 245 p. : ill., map, plans ; 24 cmISBN: 9042909714Subject(s): Cities and towns, Ancient -- Greece -- Congresses | Cities and towns -- Greece -- Congresses | Urbanization -- Greece -- CongressesGenre/Form: Conference papers and proceedingsAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Greek city from antiquity to the present.LOC classification: HT114 | .G74 2001X
Contents:
Ancient Greek city histories: self-definition through history writing / Guido Stephens -- Bürger, Nichtbürger und Polis-Ideologie / Johan H.M. Strubbe -- Oriental origins of the Greek city / C.H.J. de Geus -- Urban water management at Sagalassos: studying urban development from an hydrological perspective / Femke Martens -- The decline of urban settlement in Pisidia: from city to village / Thurstan H. Robinson -- "Où est ta beauté qu'admiraient tous les yeux?": la ville détruite dans les traditions poétique et rhétorique / Kristoffel Demoen -- Themistius' Kallipolis between myth and reality / Guy Guldentops -- Antioch, a Greek city in the crusader period / Krijnie Ciggaar -- Candia after the Black Death and the Whores' Guild / Arnold van Gemert -- Hellénisation et déhellénisation des villes balkaniques: le cas d'Ohrid / Raymond Detrez -- Constantinople and Athens: (co-) protagonists in the first Greek novels written by a woman / Marietta Ioannidou -- Athènes la patricienne et Thessalonique la plébéienne dans les années 20 chez Karagatsis / Gunnar De Boel -- The poetry is not in the pity, it's in the city: the myth of the city of Athens, seen through the eyes of some Greek poets / Andriëtte M. Stathi-Schoorel -- City and countryside in the novels of Evjenía Fakínou / Hero Hokwerda.
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"This collection of essays originates in a conference held in May 1999 in Ghent, organised by the Classics Department and the Centre for Hellenic Studies (Griekenlandcentrum) of the University of Ghent, in collaboration with ... the universities of Leuven and Groningen"--P. [vii].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ancient Greek city histories: self-definition through history writing / Guido Stephens -- Bürger, Nichtbürger und Polis-Ideologie / Johan H.M. Strubbe -- Oriental origins of the Greek city / C.H.J. de Geus -- Urban water management at Sagalassos: studying urban development from an hydrological perspective / Femke Martens -- The decline of urban settlement in Pisidia: from city to village / Thurstan H. Robinson -- "Où est ta beauté qu'admiraient tous les yeux?": la ville détruite dans les traditions poétique et rhétorique / Kristoffel Demoen -- Themistius' Kallipolis between myth and reality / Guy Guldentops -- Antioch, a Greek city in the crusader period / Krijnie Ciggaar -- Candia after the Black Death and the Whores' Guild / Arnold van Gemert -- Hellénisation et déhellénisation des villes balkaniques: le cas d'Ohrid / Raymond Detrez -- Constantinople and Athens: (co-) protagonists in the first Greek novels written by a woman / Marietta Ioannidou -- Athènes la patricienne et Thessalonique la plébéienne dans les années 20 chez Karagatsis / Gunnar De Boel -- The poetry is not in the pity, it's in the city: the myth of the city of Athens, seen through the eyes of some Greek poets / Andriëtte M. Stathi-Schoorel -- City and countryside in the novels of Evjenía Fakínou / Hero Hokwerda.

Ten contributions in English, 3 in French, and 1 in German.