Reading Greek and Hellenistic-Roman spolia [electronic resource] : objects, appropriation and cultural change / edited by Irene J.F. de Jong, Miguel John Versluys.

"Plundering and taking home precious objects from a defeated enemy was a widespread activity in the Greek and Hellenistic-Roman world. In this volume literary critics, historians and archaeologists join forces in investigating this phenomenon in terms of appropriation and cultural change. In-depth i...

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