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36 produkter
Classics and the Bible
Hospitality and Recognition
Av John Taylor
Häftad, 2007
591 kr
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"Classics and the Bible" looks at story-patterns and themes which Greek and Latin literature shares with the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament. Direct influence or a common source can explain some similarities, but uncannily parallel plots and forms of expression seem more often to occur …
Propertius
Poet of Love and Leisure
Av A. M. Keith
Häftad, 2008
591 kr
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In "Propertius: Poet of Love and Leisure", Alison Keith explores Propertius' elegiac poetry in the context of early imperial Roman society. Examining a variety of themes associated with both Propertian poetics (such genre theory, poetic models, the girlfriend, the rival) and the poet's social …
Silent Eloquence
Lucian and Pantomime Dancing
Av Ismeme Lada-Richards, David Taylor
Häftad, 2007
529 kr
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One of the greatest aesthetic attractions in the ancient world was pantomime dancing, a ballet-style entertainment in which a silent, solo dancer incarnated a series of mythological characters to the accompaniment of music and sung narrative. Looking at a multitude of texts and particularly …
Pausanias
Travel Writing in Ancient Greece
Av Maria Pretzler, David Taylor
Häftad, 2007
591 kr
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In this book, Maria Pretzler combines a thorough introduction to Pausanias with exciting new perspectives. She considers the process and influences that shaped the "Periegesis", and maps out its literary and cultural context. Pausanias' text records contemporary interpretations of monuments and …
Culture and Philosophy in the Age of Plotinus
Av Mark Edwards
Häftad, 2006
514 kr
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This book offers a survey of the teachings of, and relations between, four leading figures in third-century Platonism: Longinus, Plotinus, Porphyry and Iamblichus. It documents and explains the coalescence of Aristotelian and Platonic elements in the Platonic tradition before the 3rd century, …
Myth of Paganism
Nonnus, Dionysus and the World of Late Antiquity
Häftad, 2011
591 kr
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Traditional and still prevalent accounts of late antique literature draw a clear distinction between ‘pagan’ and ‘Christian’ forms of poetry: whereas Christian poetry is taken seriously in terms its contribution to culture and society at large, so-called pagan or secular poetry is largely ignored, …
Roman Book
Av Rex Winsbury
Häftad, 2009
591 kr
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The publishing of Roman books has long and often been misrepresented by false analogies with modern publishing. This comprehensive new study examines, by appeal to what Roman authors themselves tell us, both the raw materials and aesthetic criteria of the Roman book (a papyrus scroll) and the …
Behind the Mask
Character and Society in Menander
Av Angela M. Heap, David Taylor
Häftad, 2020
542 kr
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This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a …
Chaos, Cosmos and Creation in Early Greek Theogonies
An Ontological Exploration
Av Olaf Almqvist, David Taylor
Inbunden, 2022
1345 kr
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Cosmological narratives like the creation story in the book of Genesis or the modern Big Bang are popularly understood to be descriptions of how the universe was created. However, cosmologies also say a great deal more. Indeed, the majority of cosmologies, ancient and modern, explore not simply how …
Chaos, Cosmos and Creation in Early Greek Theogonies
An Ontological Exploration
E-bok, 2022
468 kr
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Cosmological narratives like the creation story in the book of Genesis or the modern Big Bang are popularly understood to be descriptions of how the universe was created. However, cosmologies also say a great deal more. Indeed, the majority of cosmologies, ancient and modern, explore not simply how …
Chaos, Cosmos and Creation in Early Greek Theogonies
An Ontological Exploration
E-bok, 2022
468 kr
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Cosmological narratives like the creation story in the book of Genesis or the modern Big Bang are popularly understood to be descriptions of how the universe was created. However, cosmologies also say a great deal more. Indeed, the majority of cosmologies, ancient and modern, explore not simply how …
Chaos, Cosmos and Creation in Early Greek Theogonies
An Ontological Exploration
Av Olaf Almqvist, David Taylor
Häftad, 2023
429 kr
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Cosmological narratives like the creation story in the book of Genesis or the modern Big Bang are popularly understood to be descriptions of how the universe was created. However, cosmologies also say a great deal more. Indeed, the majority of cosmologies, ancient and modern, explore not simply how …
Euripides and Quotation Culture
Av Matthew Wright, David Taylor
Inbunden, 2024
1466 kr
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Presenting a new approach to Euripides’ plays, this book explores the playwright’s ancient tragedies in relation to quotation culture. Treating extant works and lost works side-by-side, Matthew Wright presents a selective survey of ways in which Euripidean tragedy was quoted within antiquity, both …
Euripides and Quotation Culture
E-bok, 2024
520 kr
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Presenting a new approach to Euripides'' plays, this book explores the playwright''s ancient tragedies in relation to quotation culture. Treating extant works and lost works side-by-side, Matthew Wright presents a selective survey of ways in which Euripidean tragedy was quoted within antiquity, …
Euripides and Quotation Culture
E-bok, 2024
509 kr
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Presenting a new approach to Euripides'' plays, this book explores the playwright''s ancient tragedies in relation to quotation culture. Treating extant works and lost works side-by-side, Matthew Wright presents a selective survey of ways in which Euripidean tragedy was quoted within antiquity, …
Euripides and Quotation Culture
Av Matthew Wright, David Taylor
Häftad, 2026
478 kr
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Presenting a new approach to Euripides’ plays, this book explores the playwright’s ancient tragedies in relation to quotation culture. Treating extant works and lost works side-by-side, Matthew Wright presents a selective survey of ways in which Euripidean tragedy was quoted within antiquity, both …
Myth of Paganism
Nonnus, Dionysus and the World of Late Antiquity
E-bok, 2013
625 kr
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Traditional and still prevalent accounts of late antique literature draw a clear distinction between ''pagan'' and ''Christian'' forms of poetry: whereas Christian poetry is taken seriously in terms its contribution to culture and society at large, so-called pagan or secular poetry is largely …
Myth of Paganism
Nonnus, Dionysus and the World of Late Antiquity
E-bok, 2013
645 kr
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Traditional and still prevalent accounts of late antique literature draw a clear distinction between ''pagan'' and ''Christian'' forms of poetry: whereas Christian poetry is taken seriously in terms its contribution to culture and society at large, so-called pagan or secular poetry is largely …
Behind the Mask
Character and Society in Menander
E-bok, 2019
592 kr
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This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a …
Behind the Mask
Character and Society in Menander
E-bok, 2019
592 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a …
Behind the Mask
Character and Society in Menander
Av Angela M. Heap, David Taylor
Inbunden, 2019
2113 kr
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This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a …
Statius, Poet Between Rome and Naples
Av Carole E. Newlands, David Taylor
Häftad, 2012
591 kr
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This book examines the poetry of Statius (c. 40-96 AD), in relation to significant social and cultural issues of his day, in particular shifting attitudes to Hellenism, gender and Roman imperialism. It also discusses the reception of Statius' poetry in the Middle Ages, when his reputation was at …
Homer
The Resonance of Epic
Av Barbara Graziosi, Johannes Haubold
E-bok, 2013
645 kr
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This book offers a new approach to the study of Homeric epic by combining ancient Greek perceptions of Homer with up-to-date scholarship on traditional poetry. Part I argues that, in the archaic period, the Greeks saw the lliad and Odyssey neither as literary works in the modern sense nor as the …
Homer
The Resonance of Epic
Av Barbara Graziosi, Johannes Haubold
E-bok, 2013
645 kr
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This book offers a new approach to the study of Homeric epic by combining ancient Greek perceptions of Homer with up-to-date scholarship on traditional poetry. Part I argues that, in the archaic period, the Greeks saw the lliad and Odyssey neither as literary works in the modern sense nor as the …
Roman Book
Av Rex Winsbury
E-bok, 2014
645 kr
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The publishing of Roman books has long and often been misrepresented by false analogies with modern publishing. This comprehensive new study examines, by appeal to what Roman authors themselves tell us, both the raw materials and aesthetic criteria of the Roman book (a papyrus scroll) and the …
Roman Book
Av Rex Winsbury
E-bok, 2013
645 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The publishing of Roman books has long and often been misrepresented by false analogies with modern publishing. This comprehensive new study examines, by appeal to what Roman authors themselves tell us, both the raw materials and aesthetic criteria of the Roman book (a papyrus scroll) and the …
Propertius
Poet of Love and Leisure
Av A.M. Keith
E-bok, 2008
645 kr
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In Propertius: Poet of Love and Leisure , Alison Keith explores Propertius'' elegiac poetry in the context of early imperial Roman society. Examining a variety of themes associated with both Propertian poetics (such genre theory, poetic models, the girlfriend, the rival) and the poet''s social …
Pausanias
Travel Writing in Ancient Greece
E-bok, 2013
645 kr
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In this book, Maria Pretzler combines a thorough introduction to Pausanias with exciting new perspectives. She considers the process and influences that shaped the "Periegesis", and maps out its literary and cultural context. Pausanias'' text records contemporary interpretations of monuments and …
Pausanias
Travel Writing in Ancient Greece
E-bok, 2013
645 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In this book, Maria Pretzler combines a thorough introduction to Pausanias with exciting new perspectives. She considers the process and influences that shaped the "Periegesis", and maps out its literary and cultural context. Pausanias'' text records contemporary interpretations of monuments and …
Juvenal and the Satiric Genre
Av Frederick Jones, David Taylor
E-bok, 2007
645 kr
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While claiming to stand outside literature altogether, Roman verse satire was the most aggressively literary of Roman genres, Juvenal''s particularly so. In the opening lines of the corpus, his performance creates an arena in which the various genres of his Graeco-Roman cultural inheritance jostle …
