Mercury's wings : exploring modes of communication in the ancient world / edited by F.S. Naiden and Richard J.A. Talbert

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Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-0-1999-8341-4

ISBN : 978-0-19-998341-4

EAN : 9780199983414

Communication -- Antiquité

Routes commerciales -- Méditerranée (mer)

Classification Dewey : 302.209

Naiden, F. S. (1953-....) (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Talbert, Richard John Alexander (1947-....) (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Relation : Mercury's wings : exploring modes of communication in the ancient world / edited by F. S. Naiden and Richard J. A. Talbert / New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press

Résumé / Abstract : Introduction -- Networks. Environmental perspectives on ancient communication / by Grant Parker -- Libraries and communication in the ancient world / by Matthew Nicholls -- Communication and Roman long-distance trade / by Taco Terpstra -- Military communication: the example of the classical battlefield / by F. S. Naiden -- Modes. Monuments of the Hittite and neo-Assyrian empires during the late bronze and iron ages / by James F. Osborne -- Communicating with images in the Roman Empire / by Jennifer Trimble -- Musical persuasion in early Greece / by Timothy Power -- Gesture in the ancient Mediterranean world / by Gregory S. Aldrete -- Exercising sympathy in Mesopotamian letters / by Seth Richardson -- Divinities. Messages and the Mesopotamian gods: signals and systematics / by Seth Richardson -- Pilgrimage and communication / by Ian Rutherford -- The inspired voice: enigmatic oracular communication / by Julia Kindt -- Christianity / by Michael Kulikowski -- Engagements. Cross-cultural communication in the Hellenistic Mediterranean and Western and South Asia / by Matthew Canepa -- Cross-cultural communication in Egypt / by J. G. Manning -- Diplomatic communication in the ancient Mediterranean / by Sheila l. Ager -- Coinage and the Roman economy / by Kenneth W. Harl -- Communicating through maps: the Roman case / by Richard Talbert