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Art of the "Aeneid"
Häftad, 1998
398 kr
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Anderson's text includes examinations of each of the books, notes, suggestions for further reading, and a Vergil chronology.
Roman Novel
Av P. G. Walsh
Häftad, 1998
495 kr
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"The Satyricon" of Petronius and the "Metamorphoses" (or "The Golden Ass") of Apuleius are the only novels written at Rome before AD 200 to have survived. The genre is the comic romance, the literature of relaxation in the ancient world. This study defines the genre and sets it in the context of …
Art of the "Odyssey"
Häftad, 1994
398 kr
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This is a literary explication to the Odyssey. The book includes a chronology, extensive notes, and suggestions for further reading.
Story of the "Iliad"
Av E.T. Owen
Häftad, 1994
448 kr
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E. T. Owen discusses what makes the Iliad such an enduring work of art. He discusses narrative technique, imagery, and characterization, and shows how each incident contributes to the overall emotional effect of the poem.
Rome
Its People, Life and Customs
Av U.E. Paoli
Häftad, 1996
574 kr
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Originally published over 50 years ago as "Vita Romana", this work covers every aspect of Roman life: the architecture and layout of the city; the home, clothes, travel, sports and pastimes; the role of women; industry, education, law, culture and medicine. It covers the entire history of Rome to …
Criticism in Antiquity
Häftad, 1998
495 kr
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The remains of classical literature contain a good deal of scattered literary theory, however difficult it may be to divine a consistent view among the conflicting interests of scholars, moralists and teachers of rhetoric. This book attempts to analyze the main themes against their historical …
Presocratics
Häftad, 1998
397 kr
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The origins both of modern science and modern philosophy lie in Greek civilization of the 5th and 6th centuries B.C. It was then that a series of thinkers, usually known as "the Presocratic philosophers", created ways of looking at the world that were fundamentally new. In the middle of social and …
Satires of Persius
Häftad, 1998
430 kr
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This volume, published in 1968, was the first critical study of Persius in English. This new edition offers a close reading within the framework of criticism which led classics in the 1960s. Cynthia Dessen emphasizes the distinction between persona and poet and argues that Persius's satires, far …
Poet Lucan
Studies in Rhetorical Epic
Häftad, 1998
282 kr
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Lucan's epic on the Civil War has dodged in and out of fashion. Widely admired in the 17th and 18th centuries, it came in the 19th and 20th to be criticised by comparison with Virgil's Aeneid. The latter was established as the standard by which all other epic poets fail. Lucan's besetting "fault" …
History of Cynicism
From Diogenes to the Sixth Century A.D.
Häftad, 1998
402 kr
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A general introduction to the Hellenistic philosophy of Cynicism. In the BRISTOL CLASSICAL PAPERBACK series.
Roman Poetry and Propaganda in the Age of Augustus
Häftad, 1998
463 kr
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The political aspects of Augustan poetry have attracted much academic interest. The aim of this study is to take account of the effects of Augustan propaganda not only on the work of contemporary Roman writers, but also on the critical tradition itself. The six essays presented in this volume …
Milton and the Transformation of Ancient Epic
Häftad, 2002
495 kr
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Milton has long been recognised as being among English poets most indebted to ancient literature, but the range and depth of that debt have rarely been explored. Here Martindale examines the use Milton made of other ancient poets, notably Homer, Ovid and Lucan, and finds some surprising elements in …
