| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 312 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Note |
First paperback edition published 2012. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-298) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. Mythical Athos -- 2. Utopian Athos -- 3. Iconic Athos -- 4. Erudite Athos -- 5. Geopolitical Athos -- 6. Scientific Athos -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
Most writing on Athos has focused on its Byzantine history and sacred heritage. Imagining Mount Athos uncovers a set of alternative and largely unexplored perspectives, equally important in the mapping and dissemination of Athos in popular imagination. The author considers Mount Athos as the site of pre-Christian myths of Renaissance and Enlightenment scholarship, of shelter for Allied refugees during the Second World War, and of a botanical and sociological laboratory for early-twentieth-century scientists. Each chapter considers a different narrative channel through which Athos has entered Orthodox and western European imagination: the mythical, the utopian, the sacred, the scholarly, the geopolitical, and the scientific. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2024. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. |
| Subject |
Athos (Greece)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies, issuing body.
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| Added Title |
Visions of a holy place from Homer to World War II |
| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
9780813930855 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0813930855 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0813932599 |
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9780813932590 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
heb40177 hdl |
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