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Sibylline Oracles
With Introduction, Translation, and Commentary on the First and Second Books
E-bok, 2007
3900 kr
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In this book, J. L. Lightfoot throws a bridge between two mutually ignorant areas: pagan oracles and Judaeo-Christian studies. The Sibyl was a legendary figure in Greco-Roman antiquity who was credited with verse prophecies, often of an apocalyptic character. Lightfoot describes how she was taken …
Pseudo-Manetho, Apotelesmatica
Books Four, One, and Five
Inbunden, 2023
3832 kr
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The corpus of astrological material ascribed to the Egyptian priest Manetho consists of six books of poetry. This book serves as the companion to the one published by OUP in 2020, which was the first commentary in any language on the earliest three books of Manetho's poetry (two, three, and six as …
Parthenius of Nicaea: The Extant Works
Av Parthenius, J. L. Lightfoot
Inbunden, 1999
6447 kr
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This is the first study of all the extant remains of the important Hellenistic poet and mythographer, Parthenius of Nicaea, reputed to have been Virgil's tutor in Greek and a major literary figure in his own right. A new edition of his poetic fragments, it presents the first commentary on them …
Pseudo-Manetho, Apotelesmatica, Books Two, Three, and Six
Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary
Inbunden, 2020
3512 kr
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This is the first commentary in any language on three of the books of ancient Greek astrological poetry ascribed to the Egyptian priest Manetho. Manetho, who became a figure for recondite wisdom, came to be credited with a series of didactic poems which list outcomes for planetary set-ups in a …
The Sibylline Oracles
With Introduction, Translation, and Commentary on the First and Second Books
Inbunden, 2007
6025 kr
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In this book, J. L. Lightfoot throws a bridge between two mutually ignorant areas: pagan oracles and Judaeo-Christian studies. The Sibyl was a legendary figure in Greco-Roman antiquity who was credited with verse prophecies, often of an apocalyptic character. Lightfoot describes how she was taken …
Lucian: On the Syrian Goddess
Inbunden, 2003
5004 kr
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This is the first edition of and full-length commentary on On the Syrian Goddess, an Ionic ethnography of the Holy City of Hierapolis in northern Syria, where the Syrian goddess Atargatis was worshipped. This treatise is one of the most important literary sources for 'oriental' religions under the …
Dionysius Periegetes
Description of the Known World With Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary
Inbunden, 2014
5185 kr
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In this volume, Lightfoot offers a detailed study of an ancient Greek geographical poem by Dionysius, a scholar-poet who flourished in Alexandria during the reign of Hadrian, which describes the world as it was then known. In antiquity, it was widely read and extremely influential, both in the …
Hellenistic Collection
Philitas. Alexander of Aetolia. Hermesianax. Euphorion. Parthenius
Inbunden, 2010
373 kr
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A miscellany of learned literature from Alexandria and beyond.This volume presents a selection of Hellenistic prose and poetry, ranging chronologically from Philitas of Cos through Alexander of Aetolia and Hermesianax of Colophon to Euphorion of Chalcis and Parthenius of Nicaea, whose mythography …
