Rhodes in Ancient Times
First Published in 1885, a revised edition with additional material
By (author) Cecil Torr Edited by Gerald Brisch
(Paperback) (Published)
(June 2005)
ISBN: 9780953992362
5.83 x 8.27 inches
Price: $30.00
In stock
Rhodes in Ancient Times is a guide to one of the influential and powerful maritime states in the Mediterranean. The author’s curiosity leads him to explore the island’s history, culture, myths and legends, arts, and contribution to learning in the centuries before Christ. Naturally, the celebrated Colossus is not overlooked!
Not the shadow of a smile disturbs the dry exposition of the scholarly Englishman [Cecil Torr] who has given us the best historical monograph on the island… Read him and you will see why… (Lawrence Durrell, “Reflections on a Marine Venus”). Cecil Torr’s two 19th-century studies of Rhodes, in the Greek Dodecanese, off the coast of Asia Minor, were the first and most authoritative English guides to the island’s multi-layered history. Although more than a hundred years have passed since publication, the reclusive scholar’s “Rhodes in Ancient Times” and “Rhodes in Modern Times” remain firmly embedded in related bibliographies. Impeccably qualified – Harrow (Arthur Evans was a class-mate), Trinity Cambridge, and Inner Temple barrister of formidable reputation – Cecil Torr had the true antiquarian’s obsession for factual presentation and detailed analyses of primary sources. First published in 1885, “Rhodes in Ancient Times” is an historical and cultural guide to one of the most influential and powerful maritime states in the Mediterranean. Torr’s scholarly curiosity leads him to explore the island’s history, culture, myths and legends, arts, and contribution to learning in the centuries before Christ. Naturally, the celebrated Colossus is not overlooked!
- By (author) Cecil Torr
- Edited by Gerald Brisch
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