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Iliad
Av Homer, Alexander Pope
Häftad, 2002
495 kr
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This volume presents a selection from Pope's celebrated translation of Homer's Iliad, edited and arranged so as to concentrate on the central core of the story and thus to be readable as a continuous narrative. Also included is a section of the best of Pope's notes to his own translation;these …
To Homer Through Pope
Häftad, 2002
495 kr
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As fewer and fewer people learn to read Ancient Greek, there is a need for a critical study of the most influential translations that have been made from the major works of ancient Greek literature. Mason's monograph offers a critical study of the translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey. It …
Political Background to Aeschylean Tragedy
Häftad, 1999
432 kr
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An analysis of the plays of Aeschylus, this study examines each play against the political and military background of Aeschylus' time, attempting to cast light on both the period and the dramatist.
Virgil's Epic Technique
Av Richard Heinze, Fred Robertson
Häftad, 1999
644 kr
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Richard Heinze, the great Virgilian scholar, first published his "Virgils Epische Technik" in 1903. His pioneering work remains a basic text for students and scholars today, providing a study of the techniques by which Virgil composed his epic on Aeneas.
Wild Justice
Häftad, 1999
497 kr
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'Revenge is a kind of wild justice...' (Francis Bacon). Euripides' "Hecuba" is dominated by the vengeance which Hecuba takes on the faithless Polymestor, and explores in a complex and profound manner the potential for revenge as a subject for tragedy. The sacrifice of Polyxena is in counterpoint to …
Catullan Revolution
Av Kenneth Quinn, Kenneth Quinn
Häftad, 1999
432 kr
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Examining the revolution wrought by Catullus in Latin poetry, this volume encapsulates the way in which principles of modern literary criticism could be applied to classical poetry, without ditching the sound philological scholarship of the classical tradition. In its day this book led the way in …
Magic, Reason and Experience
Häftad, 2000
468 kr
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This text is a study of the origins and development of Greek science, focusing especially on the interactions of scientific and traditional patterns of thought from the 6th to the 4th centuries BC. The starting point is an examination of how certain Greek authors deployed the category of 'magic' …
Herodotus
Historians on Historians
Av John Gould
Häftad, 2000
503 kr
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This text brings new approaches to Herodotus' sources and to his methods of collecting information, to the logic of his narrative and to his understanding of human behaviour. Drawing on recent advances in the understanding or oral tradition, the author takes issue with a number of theories about …
Rome's Debt to Greece
Av Alan Wardman
Häftad, 2002
464 kr
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This book offers a study of Roman attitudes to the Greek world, showing what Romans of the governing class thought about Greeks, both past and contemporary. It considers the practical effects of Philhellenism in Rome and surveys Rome's attempts to assimilate Greek literature. Wardman discusses the …
Narrators and Focalizers
The Presentation of the Story in the "Iliad"
Häftad, 2004
497 kr
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Acclaimed as one of the pioneering texts to introduce narratology (the theory that deals with the general principles underlying narrative texts) to classical scholarship, Irene de Jong's work explains the key concepts such as "narrator", "focalization" and "prolepsis", highlighting their relevance …
Plato
Av C. J. Rowe
Häftad, 2004
347 kr
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This volume is an introduction to Plato's dialogues and the ideas they explore, so serving as a readable account of his writing for the uninitiated. It also gives guidance on the historical context in which his thoughts were formed and invites inquiry into his many ideas.
Green Cabinet
Theocritus and European Pastoral Poetry
Häftad, 2004
497 kr
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This volume is part of a series of key monographs on topics central to the study of the classical world. It looks at Theocritus as both a source for Vergil and later writers and as a significant poet in his own right. It gives an insight into this classical author which may prove relevant not only …
