Coins, Bodies, Games, and Gold: The Politics of Meaning in Archaic Greece

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1999
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Analyzes the ideological functions of Greek coinage. By linking the imagery of metals and coinage to stories about oracles, prostitutes, Eastern tyrants, counterfeiting, retail trade, and games, this book traces the rising egalitarian ideology of the polis, as well as the resistance of an elitist tradition to that development.

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Analyzes the ideological functions of Greek coinage. By linking the imagery of metals and coinage to stories about oracles, prostitutes, Eastern tyrants, counterfeiting, retail trade, and games, this book traces the rising egalitarian ideology of the polis, as well as the resistance of an elitist tradition to that development.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 408
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 29 Aug 1999
ISBN 10: 9780691007
ISBN 13: 9780691007366

Coins, Bodies, Games, and Gold: The Politics of Meaning in Archaic Greece

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$76.10

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$76.10

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