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Money and the Early Greek Mind: Homer, Philosophy, Tragedy

Richard Seaford

How were the Greeks of the sixth century BC able to invent philosophy and tragedy? Richard Seaford argues that a large part of the answer can be found in another momentous development, the invention and rapid spread of coinage. By transforming social relations, monetization contributed to the concepts of the universe as an impersonal system (fundamental to Presocratic philosophy) and of the individual alienated from his own kin and from the gods, as found in tragedy.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: Apr 19th, 2004
  • Pages: 384
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.98in - 6.18in - 0.91in - 1.38lb
  • EAN: 9780521539920
  • Categories: ClassicsAncient - Greece

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About the Author

Seaford, Richard: - Richard Seaford is Professor of Greek Literature at the University of Exeter. He is the author of commentaries on Euripides' 'Cyclops' (1984) and 'Bacchae' (1996) and of 'Reciprocity and Ritual: Homer and Tragedy in the Developing City-State' (1994).

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Praise for this book

"A powerful and valuable set of observtion on the impact of the introduction of coinage on the early Greek world." EH.net