Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Grant Parker is Assistant Professor of Classics at Stanford University.Review of the hardback: '… deserves to be widely studied and used as a source of inspiration on how to deal with processes of cultural interaction in the Hellenistic and Roman world.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
'… a very significant contribution to our understanding of the complex processes of portraying cultural difference and negotiating the use of conventional narrative elements in ancient representations of India. It may well become a classic on the subject.' De novis libris iudicia
'The great virtue of the book is that it admirably demonstrates how, though Roman India never existed as a political reality, the discourse on India helped define Greek and roman culture and history for over a thousand years.' International Journal of the Classical Tradition