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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-10081-7 — South Africa, Greece, Rome Edited by Grant Parker Frontmatter More Information South Africa, Greece, Rome How have the histories of ancient Greece and Rome intersected with that of South Africa? This book canvasses architecture, literature, visual arts and historical memory. Some of the most telling manifes- tations of classical reception in South Africa have been indirect: for example, neoclassical architecture or retellings of mythical stories. Far from being the mere handmaiden of colonialism (and later apart- heid), classical antiquity has enabled challenges to the South African establishment, and provided a template for making sense of cross- cultural encounters. Though access to classical education has been limited, many South Africans, black and white, have used classical frames of reference and drawn inspiration from the ancient Greeks and Romans. While classical antiquity may seem antithetical to post- apartheid notions of heritage, it deserves to be seen in this light. Museums, historical sites and artworks, up to the present day, reveal juxtapositions in which classical themes are integrated into South Africa’s pasts. grant parker teaches Classics and African Studies at Stanford University, California, and is currently Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. His research focuses on Roman imperial culture, classical reception, collective memory, and the history of collecting. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-10081-7 — South Africa, Greece, Rome Edited by Grant Parker Frontmatter More Information South Africa, Greece, Rome Classical Confrontations edited by grant parker © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-10081-7 — South Africa, Greece, Rome Edited by Grant Parker Frontmatter More Information University Printing House, Cambridge CB2 8BS, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10006, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia 4843/24, 2nd Floor, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, Delhi – 110002, India 79 Anson Road, #06–04/06, Singapore 079906 Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781107100817 DOI: 10.1017/9781316181416 © Cambridge University Press 2017 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2017 Printed in the United Kingdom by TJ International Ltd. Padstow Cornwall A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Parker, Grant Richard, 1967– editor. Title: South Africa, Greece, Rome : classical confrontations / edited by Grant Parker. Description: Cambridge : University Printing House, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017029297 | ISBN 9781107100817 (alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: South Africa – Civilization – Classical influences. | Civilization, Classical. Classification: LCC DT1752 .S67 2017 | DDC 700/.482922110968–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017029297 ISBN 978-1-107-10081-7 Hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-10081-7 — South Africa, Greece, Rome Edited by Grant Parker Frontmatter More Information Contents List of Plates [page viii] List of Illustrations [ix] List of Contributors [xix] Preface [xxi] part i prologue [1] 1 The Azanian Muse: Classicism in Unexpected Places [3] grant parker part ii conceiving empire [53] 2 ‘Poetry in Pidgin’: Notes on the Persistence of Classicism in the Architecture of Johannesburg [55] federico freschi 3 Cecil John Rhodes, the Classics and Imperialism [88] john hilton 4 The ‘Mediterranean’ Cape: Reconstructing an Ethos [114] peter merrington part iii conceiving the nation [139] 5 ‘Copy Nothing’: Classical Ideals and Afrikaner Ideologies at the Voortrekker Monument [141] elizabeth rankin and rolf michael schneider 6 Greeks, Romans and Volks-Education in the Afrikaanse Kinderensiklopedie [213] philip r. bosman part iv law, virtue and truth-telling [233] 7 A Competing Discourse on Empire [235] jonathan allen v © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-10081-7 — South Africa, Greece, Rome Edited by Grant Parker Frontmatter More Information vi Contents 8 After Cicero: Legal Thought from Antiquity to the New Constitution [262] deon h. van zyl part v cultures of collecting [281] 9 Museum Space and Displacement: Collecting Classical Antiquities in South Africa [283] samantha masters 10 Antique Casts for a Colonial Gallery: The Beit Bequest of Classical Statuary to Cape Town [316] anna tietze 11 Cecil Rhodes as a Reader of the Classics: The Groote Schuur Collection [336] david wardle part vi boundary crossers [351] 12 ‘You Are People Like These Romans Were!’: D. D. T. Jabavu of Fort Hare [353] jo-marie claassen 13 Benjamin Farrington and the Science of the Swerve [376] john atkinson 14 Athens and Apartheid: Mary Renault and Classics in South Africa [395] nikolai endres 15 Antiquity’s Undertone: Classical Resonances in the Poetry of Douglas Livingstone [410] kathleen m. coleman part vii after apartheid [443] 16 Bacchus at Kirstenbosch: Reflections of a Play Director [445] roy sargeant 17 The Reception of the Electra Myth in Yaël Farber’s Molora [467] elke steinmeyer © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-10081-7 — South Africa, Greece, Rome Edited by Grant Parker Frontmatter More Information Contents vii 18 Classical Heritage? By Way of an Afterword [485] grant parker Bibliography [496] Index [534] Colour plates are to be found between pp. 298 and 299 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-10081-7 — South Africa, Greece, Rome Edited by Grant Parker Frontmatter More Information Plates Plate 1 (= Figure 1.6) Cyril Coetzee, T’kama-Adamastor (1999): oil on canvas, 8.64 m × 3.26 m, William Cullen Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Photograph by Russell Scott. Plate 2 (= Figure 1.20) Luciana Acquisto, President Zuma as Cupid. Original artwork, University of Stellenbosch, 2010. Courtesy of Samantha Masters. Plate 3 (= Figure 2.1) Architect unknown, Number 90, First Road, Hyde Park, Johannesburg, 2011. Courtesy of Federico Freschi. Plate 4 (= Figure 4.3) Constance Penstone, watercolour depicting Malay bride. Dust jacket of Dorothea Fairbridge’s novel, Piet of Italy (1913). Plate 5 (= Figure 5.2) North façade, Voortrekker Monument, December 1949. Photograph by Russell Scott. Plate 6 (= Figure 5.11) Hall of Heroes, south and west walls, Voortrekker Monument, 2012. Photograph by Russell Scott. Plate 7 (= Figure 9.4) Attic red-figure stamnos by the Chicago Painter, ca. 450 BC, one of the most important pieces donated by De Pass. Courtesy of Iziko Museums of South Africa. Plate 8 (= Figure 11.4) The Rhodes Collection, Groote Schuur Estate. Photograph by Paul Weinberg. Courtesy of Department of Public Works and Groote Schuur House Museum. Plate 9 (= Figure 15.3) ‘A map of the Cape of Good Hope with its true situation’. Johannes Nieuhof, London, 1703. 27 × 35 cm. From the Dr Oscar I. Norwich Collection of maps of Africa and its islands, 1486 – ca. 1865 (NOR 0209), Stanford University Libraries. Courtesy of Stanford University Libraries. Plate 10 Scene from Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse, Venice 2008: Telemachus and Penelope with Ulisse 1 and Ulisse 2. Courtesy of Handspring Puppet Company. Plate 11 Scene from Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse, Venice 2008: Telemachus and Penelope. Courtesy of Handspring Puppet Company. Plate 12 (= Figure 18.5) Peter Clarke, Annunciation (1987). Courtesy of the late Peter Clarke. viii © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-10081-7 — South Africa, Greece, Rome Edited by Grant Parker Frontmatter More Information Illustrations Frontispiece A whole and a headless monument to the ‘triumph of the Dutch language’ together with other Afrikaner monuments, Burgersdorp, Cape. 29 September 1990. Photograph by David Goldblatt. [page ii] 1.1 Gerrit Viljoen alongside President F. W. de Klerk and Adriaan Vlok (Minister of Law and Order), in the second round of talks with the ANC. Pretoria, 6 August 1990. Getty Images 96495743 [4] 1.2 Chris Hani, with fellow ANC leaders Tony Yengeni and Willie Hofmeyr, on Church Square, Cape Town (1991). Getty Images 107879380 [5] 1.3 Books from the prison library: Esiqithini: the Robben Island exhibition, South African Museum, Cape Town (1996). Photograph by Matthew Willman. [6] 1.4 Ptolemy, Tabula Africae IIII (Venice 1561). Copperplate, 18 × 24 cm. From