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18 produkter
Schadenfreude and its Wicked Delights in Ancient Greece
Inbunden, 2025
1631 kr
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Schadenfreude, "pleasure in other people's misfortunes", is an emotion that pervades Greek texts and pervaded Greek communities. Many of their salient characteristics provided the ideal terrain for schadenfreude: competitiveness, a fierce attachment to honor and reputation, the neat partition …
Schadenfreude and its Wicked Delights in Ancient Greece
E-bok, 2025
1455 kr
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Schadenfreude, "pleasure in other people''s misfortunes", is an emotion that pervades Greek texts and pervaded Greek communities. Many of their salient characteristics provided the ideal terrain for schadenfreude: competitiveness, a fierce attachment to honor and reputation, the neat partition …
Love and Providence
Recognition in the Ancient Novel
Inbunden, 2012
2283 kr
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From the Odyssey and King Lear to modern novels by Umberto Eco and John le Carré, the recognition scene has enjoyed a long life in western literature. It first became a regular feature of prose literature in the Greek novels of the first century CE. In these examples, it is the event that ensures …
Love and Providence
Recognition in the Ancient Novel
E-bok, 2012
1455 kr
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From the Odyssey and King Lear to modern novels by Umberto Eco and John le Carré, the recognition scene has enjoyed a long life in western literature. It first became a regular feature of prose literature in the Greek novels of the first century CE. In these examples, it is the event that ensures …
From Villain to Hero
Odysseus in Ancient Thought
E-bok, 2011
1415 kr
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Praise for Silvia Montiglio "[A] brilliant and important book. . . . " --- Journal of Religion, on Silence in the Land of Logos "[A]n invigorating reevaluation of both the ancient symbolic landscape and our preconceptions of it." --- American Journal of Philology , on Wandering in Ancient Greek …
Silence in the Land of Logos
Häftad, 2010
980 kr
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In ancient Greece, the spoken word connoted power, whether in the free speech accorded to citizens or in the voice of the poet, whose song was thought to know no earthly bounds. But how did silence fit into the mental framework of a society that valued speech so highly? Here Silvia Montiglio …
Musaeus' Hero and Leander
Introduction, Greek Text, Translation and Commentary
Inbunden, 2020
2879 kr
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This book offers a new English translation of Musaeus' poem Hero and Leander, with the original Greek on the facing page, a substantial introduction and a detailed commentary.The tragic romance of Hero and Leander has had and still has a great appeal, inspiring countless writers, painters, …
Spell of Hypnos
Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient Greek Literature
E-bok, 2015
592 kr
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Sleep was viewed as a boon by the ancient Greeks: sweet, soft, honeyed, balmy, care-loosening, as the Iliad has it. But neither was sleep straightforward, nor safe. It could be interrupted, often by a dream. It could be the site of dramatic intervention by a god or goddess. It might mark the …
Spell of Hypnos
Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient Greek Literature
E-bok, 2015
592 kr
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Sleep was viewed as a boon by the ancient Greeks: sweet, soft, honeyed, balmy, care-loosening, as the Iliad has it. But neither was sleep straightforward, nor safe. It could be interrupted, often by a dream. It could be the site of dramatic intervention by a god or goddess. It might mark the …
Musaeus' Hero and Leander
Introduction, Greek Text, Translation and Commentary
Häftad, 2022
809 kr
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This book offers a new English translation of Musaeus' poem Hero and Leander, with the original Greek on the facing page, a substantial introduction and a detailed commentary.The tragic romance of Hero and Leander has had and still has a great appeal, inspiring countless writers, painters, …
Spell of Hypnos
Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient Greek Literature
Häftad, 2020
542 kr
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Sleep was viewed as a boon by the ancient Greeks: sweet, soft, honeyed, balmy, care-loosening, as the Iliad has it. But neither was sleep straightforward, nor safe. It could be interrupted, often by a dream. It could be the site of dramatic intervention by a god or goddess. It might mark the …
Musaeus' Hero and Leander
Introduction, Greek Text, Translation and Commentary
E-bok, 2020
956 kr
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This book offers a new English translation of Musaeus'' poem Hero and Leander , with the original Greek on the facing page, a substantial introduction and a detailed commentary. The tragic romance of Hero and Leander has had and still has a great appeal, inspiring countless writers, painters, …
Musaeus' Hero and Leander
Introduction, Greek Text, Translation and Commentary
E-bok, 2020
935 kr
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This book offers a new English translation of Musaeus'' poem Hero and Leander , with the original Greek on the facing page, a substantial introduction and a detailed commentary. The tragic romance of Hero and Leander has had and still has a great appeal, inspiring countless writers, painters, …
Silence in the Land of Logos
E-bok, 2010
715 kr
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In ancient Greece, the spoken word connoted power, whether in the free speech accorded to citizens or in the voice of the poet, whose song was thought to know no earthly bounds. But how did silence fit into the mental framework of a society that valued speech so highly? Here Silvia Montiglio …
Spell of Hypnos
Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient Greek Literature
Inbunden, 2015
2275 kr
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Sleep was viewed as a boon by the ancient Greeks: sweet, soft, honeyed, balmy, care-loosening, as the Iliad has it. But neither was sleep straightforward, nor safe. It could be interrupted, often by a dream. It could be the site of dramatic intervention by a god or goddess. It might mark the …
Myth of Hero and Leander
The History and Reception of an Enduring Greek Legend
Inbunden, 2017
2113 kr
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Hero and Leander are the protagonists in a classical tale of epic but tragic love. Hero lives secluded in a tower on the European shore of the Hellespont, and Leander on the opposite side of the passage. Since they cannot hope to marry, the couple resolves to meet in secret: each night he swims …
Myth of Hero and Leander
The History and Reception of an Enduring Greek Legend
E-bok, 2017
2330 kr
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Hero and Leander are the protagonists in a classical tale of epic but tragic love. Hero lives secluded in a tower on the European shore of the Hellespont, and Leander on the opposite side of the passage. Since they cannot hope to marry, the couple resolves to meet in secret: each night he swims …
From Villain to Hero
Odysseus in Ancient Thought
Inbunden, 2011
1290 kr
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Praise for Silvia Montiglio"[A] brilliant and important book. . . . " ---Journal of Religion, on Silence in the Land of Logos"[A]n invigorating reevaluation of both the ancient symbolic landscape and our preconceptions of it." ---American Journal of Philology, on Wandering in Ancient Greek Culture …
