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Athena’s Justice
Athena, Athens and the Concept of Justice in Greek Tragedy
Inbunden, 2009
1248 kr
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Athena is recognized as an allegory or representative of Athens in most Athenian public art except in tragedy. Perhaps this is because tragedy is rarely studied as a public art form or, perhaps, because her character is not static in tragedy. Although Athena’s characterization changes to fit the …
Elegiac Eyes
Vision in Roman Love Elegy
Inbunden, 2011
1052 kr
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Elegiac Eyes is an in-depth examination of vision and spectacle in Roman love elegy. It approaches vision from the perspective of Roman cultural modes of viewing and locates its analysis in close textual readings of Tibullus, Propertius, and Ovid. The paradoxical nature of the Roman eyes, which …
Island Economy
Hellenistic and Roman Pottery from Hierapytna, Crete
Inbunden, 2015
1353 kr
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This book offers the first presentation of Hellenistic and Roman period ceramic assemblages from the city of Hierapytna, located on the southeast coast of Crete. Recovered from three rescue excavations in the heart of the ancient city, this pottery records a diachronic history of Hierapytna from …
Greece in British Women's Literary Imagination, 1913–2013
Av David Holton, Semele Assinder
Inbunden, 2017
1330 kr
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Greece in British Women’s Literary Imagination, 1913–2013 offers a comprehensive overview of British female writing on Greece in the twentieth century and beyond. Contributors cover a vast array of authors: Rose Macaulay, Jane Ellen Harrison, Virginia Woolf, Ann Quin, Dorothy Una Ratcliffe, …
Greek Marseille and Mediterranean Celtic Region
Av Dominique Garcia, Sophie Bouffier
Inbunden, 2017
1267 kr
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This unique collection of essays contains a synthesis of recent works by distinguished archaeologists and historians in their field, illuminating extensive research in the Southern Gaul and on the territory of the Greek city of Marseille.Investigating the occupation of Massalia territory before the …
Reading Voices
Five Studies in Theocritus’ Narrating Techniques
Inbunden, 2016
1199 kr
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This book is a study of Theocritus’ narrating techniques, intertextual practices, and the relationship between them. By a close, careful description and analysis of these features as particularly deployed in Idylls 6, 11, 13, 24, and 15, J. Andrew Foster provides detailed readings of these specific …
Imagery of Colour and Shining in Catullus, Propertius, and Horace
Av Jacqueline Clarke, Daniel H. Garrison
Inbunden, 2003
909 kr
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In recent years there has been growing interest in the concepts of pictorial vividness («enargeia») and pictorial description («ekphrasis») in the works of ancient writers. Colour imagery can play a significant part in such pictorial effects. This book explores the visual and stylistic …
Defining Genre and Gender in Latin Literature
Essays Presented to William S. Anderson on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday
Av William W. Batstone, Garth Tissol
Inbunden, 2005
991 kr
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The Roman confrontation and assimilation of Greek literature entailed a scrutiny, critique, and adaptation of generic assumptions. This book considers the ways in which major genres – among them comedy, lyric, elegy, epic, and the novel – were redefined to accommodate Roman concerns and the ways in …
