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Cicero, De haruspicum responsis
Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary
Inbunden, 2023
3944 kr
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During the Roman Republic, any unnatural event occurring in nature--from a talking cow to a hermaphrodite to an earthquake--was deemed a prodigium. A prodigy signaled awareness of a rupture of order not only in nature but in politics and morality. As a result of its cosmic significance, any …
Nature Embodied
Gesture in Ancient Rome
Inbunden, 2003
870 kr
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Bodily gesture. A Roman worshipper spins in a circle in front of a temple. Faced with death, a Roman woman tears her hair and beats her breasts. Enthusiastic spectators at a gladiatorial event gesticulate with thumbs. Examining the tantalizing glimpses of ancient bodies offered by surviving Roman …
Sexing the World
Grammatical Gender and Biological Sex in Ancient Rome
Inbunden, 2015
544 kr
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From the moment a child in ancient Rome began to speak Latin, the surrounding world became populated with objects possessing grammatical gender--masculine eyes (oculi), feminine trees (arbores), neuter bodies (corpora). Sexing the World surveys the many ways in which grammatical gender enabled …
Nature Embodied
Gesture in Ancient Rome
E-bok, 2018
1205 kr
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Bodily gesture. A Roman worshipper spins in a circle in front of a temple. Faced with death, a Roman woman tears her hair and beats her breasts. Enthusiastic spectators at a gladiatorial event gesticulate with thumbs. Examining the tantalizing glimpses of ancient bodies offered by surviving Roman …
Sexing the World
Grammatical Gender and Biological Sex in Ancient Rome
Häftad, 2020
448 kr
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From the moment a child in ancient Rome began to speak Latin, the surrounding world became populated with objects possessing grammatical gender—masculine eyes (oculi), feminine trees (arbores), neuter bodies (corpora). Sexing the World surveys the many ways in which grammatical gender enabled Latin …
Controlling Laughter
Political Humor in the Late Roman Republic
Häftad, 2015
878 kr
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Although numerous scholars have studied Late Republican humor, this is the first book to examine its social and political context. Anthony Corbeill maintains that political abuse exercised real powers of persuasion over Roman audiences and he demonstrates how public humor both creates and enforces …
Controlling Laughter
Political Humor in the Late Roman Republic
Inbunden, 2016
1883 kr
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Although numerous scholars have studied Late Republican humor, this is the first book to examine its social and political context. Anthony Corbeill maintains that political abuse exercised real powers of persuasion over Roman audiences and he demonstrates how public humor both creates and enforces …
Sexing the World
Grammatical Gender and Biological Sex in Ancient Rome
E-bok, 2015
617 kr
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From the moment a child in ancient Rome began to speak Latin, the surrounding world became populated with objects possessing grammatical gender—masculine eyes ( oculi ), feminine trees ( arbores ), neuter bodies ( corpora ). Sexing the World surveys the many ways in which grammatical gender enabled …
Controlling Laughter
Political Humor in the Late Roman Republic
E-bok, 2015
661 kr
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Although numerous scholars have studied Late Republican humor, this is the first book to examine its social and political context. Anthony Corbeill maintains that political abuse exercised real powers of persuasion over Roman audiences and he demonstrates how public humor both creates and enforces …
Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, Vol. 45 (2000)
Inbunden, 2001
821 kr
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ContentsWatching the Skies: Janus, Auspication, and the Shrine in the Roman ForumRabun TaylorReconsidering the So-called "Sede degli Augustali" at Ostia Margaret A. LairdJuvenal's Third Satire: Umbricius' Rome, Vergil's TroyGregory A. StaleyThe Neronian Odeum at Cosa and Its Sculptural Program: A …
Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, Vol. 46 (2001)
Inbunden, 2002
821 kr
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ContentsNuragic Tower Models and Ancestral MemoryR. Ross HollowayRhythm in Catullus 34George SheetsLiteracy and Luxury in the Early Empire: A Papyrus-Roll Winder from PompeiiSusan WoodPortraits, Plots, and Politics: Damnatio memoriae and the Images of Imperial WomenEric VarnerZenodorus's "Colossus …
Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, Volume 47 (2002)
Inbunden, 2003
736 kr
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Among the twelve articles included in Volume 47 are: "The Early Augustan Aldobrandini Wedding Fresco: A Quatercentenary Reappraisal"; "Monasticism and Western Society: From Marginality to the Establishment and Back"; "Portrait of a Lady? Some Reflections on Images of Prostitutes from the Later …
Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, Vol. 48 (2003)
Inbunden, 2004
736 kr
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Among the twelve articles included in the newest volume from the American Academy in Rome are: "The Native Market for Greek Vases and its Implications"; "Unpublished Documents Shed New Light on the Licinian Tomb"; "The Chronicle of Francesco Venimbeni da Fabriano"; and "Venice Before the Grand …
Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, Vol. 49 (2004)
Av Anthony Corbeill, Vernon Hyde Minor
Inbunden, 2005
821 kr
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This newest volume from the American Academy in Rome represents the interests of the AAR, its fellows, residents and the larger international community who utilize its excellent library and facilities. The Memoirs series (MAAR) presents a selection of ambitious articles on subjects represented by …
