{"product_id":"the-folds-of-olympus-mountains-in-ancient-greek-and-roman-culture-9780691201290","title":"The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA cultural and literary history of mountains in classical antiquity\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mountainous character of the Mediterranean was a crucial factor in the history of the ancient Greek and Roman world. \u003ci\u003eThe Folds of Olympus\u003c\/i\u003e is a cultural and literary history that explores the important role mountains played in Greek and Roman religious, military, and economic life, as well as in the identity of communities over a millennium--from Homer to the early Christian saints. Aimed at readers of ancient history and literature as well as those interested in mountains and the environment, the book offers a powerful account of the landscape at the heart of much Greek and Roman culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJason König charts the importance of mountains in religion and pilgrimage, the aesthetic vision of mountains in art and literature, the place of mountains in conquest and warfare, and representations of mountain life. He shows how mountains were central to the way in which the inhabitants of the ancient Mediterranean understood the boundaries between the divine and the human, and the limits of human knowledge and control. He also argues that there is more continuity than normally assumed between ancient descriptions of mountains and modern accounts of the picturesque and the sublime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOffering a unique perspective on the history of classical culture, \u003ci\u003eThe Folds of Olympus\u003c\/i\u003e is also a resoundingly original contribution to the literature on mountains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason König\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Classics at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAthletics and Literature in the Roman Empire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSaints and Symposiasts: The Literature of Food and the Symposium in Greco-Roman and Early Christian Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eMountain Dialogues from Antiquity to Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50496686063890,"sku":"9780691201290","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_52119afe-f12e-4c6a-ab89-a9699dc26275.jpg?v=1730698842","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-folds-of-olympus-mountains-in-ancient-greek-and-roman-culture-9780691201290","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}