Routledge Focus on Classical Studies – serie
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Gallus Reborn
A Study of the Diffusion and Reception of Works Ascribed to Gaius Cornelius Gallus
Av Paul White
Inbunden, 2019
1143 kr
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Gallus Reborn is the first comprehensive study of the publication history and reception of the works that have been attributed to Gaius Cornelius Gallus, first canonical Roman elegist, friend of Virgil, and ‘missing link’ in Roman literary history.Gallus was a widely read and frequently imitated …
Global Classics
Inbunden, 2021
1024 kr
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What makes Classics "global", and what does it mean to study the ancient world "globally"? How can the study of antiquity contribute to our understanding of pressing global issues? Global Classics addresses these questions by pursuing a transdisciplinary dialogue between Classics and Global …
Global Classics
Häftad, 2023
381 kr
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What makes Classics "global", and what does it mean to study the ancient world "globally"? How can the study of antiquity contribute to our understanding of pressing global issues? Global Classics addresses these questions by pursuing a transdisciplinary dialogue between Classics and Global …
Theophrastus' Characters
A New Introduction
Häftad, 2020
442 kr
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This book presents an introduction to the Characters, a collection of thirty amusing descriptions of character types who lived in Athens in the fourth century BCE. The author of the work, Theophrastus, was Aristotle's colleague, his immediate successor and head of his philosophical school for …
Prophets, Prophecy, and Oracles in the Roman Empire
Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman Cultures
Av Leslie Kelly
Häftad, 2020
384 kr
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This book surveys the uses and function of prophecy, prophets, and oracles among Jews, Christians, and pagans in the first three centuries of the Roman Empire and explores how prophecy and prophetic texts functioned as a common language that enabled religious discourse to develop between these …
Democracies and Republics Between Past and Future
From the Athenian Agora to e-Democracy, from the Roman Republic to Negative Power
Inbunden, 2021
1024 kr
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Democracies and Republics Between Past and Future focuses on the concepts of direct rule by the people in early and classical Athens and the tribunician negative power in early republican Rome – and through this lens explores current political issues in our society. This volume guides readers …
Democracies and Republics Between Past and Future
From the Athenian Agora to e-Democracy, from the Roman Republic to Negative Power
Häftad, 2023
336 kr
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Democracies and Republics Between Past and Future focuses on the concepts of direct rule by the people in early and classical Athens and the tribunician negative power in early republican Rome – and through this lens explores current political issues in our society. This volume guides readers …
Gallus Reborn
A Study of the Diffusion and Reception of Works Ascribed to Gaius Cornelius Gallus
Av Paul White
Häftad, 2020
442 kr
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Gallus Reborn is the first comprehensive study of the publication history and reception of the works that have been attributed to Gaius Cornelius Gallus, first canonical Roman elegist, friend of Virgil, and ‘missing link’ in Roman literary history.Gallus was a widely read and frequently imitated …
Prophets, Prophecy, and Oracles in the Roman Empire
Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman Cultures
Av Leslie Kelly
Inbunden, 2017
994 kr
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This book surveys the uses and function of prophecy, prophets, and oracles among Jews, Christians, and pagans in the first three centuries of the Roman Empire and explores how prophecy and prophetic texts functioned as a common language that enabled religious discourse to develop between these …
Epic Echoes in The Wind in the Willows
Inbunden, 2021
1147 kr
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This book explores Grahame’s engagements with classical antiquity in The Wind in the Willows, including ancient epic, parody (Batrachomyomachia), and pastoral imagery. Irby demonstrates how subtle echoes – such as the structure into 12 books, arming scenes, epic catalogues, anabases and katabases, …
Epic Echoes in The Wind in the Willows
Häftad, 2024
360 kr
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This book explores Grahame’s engagements with classical antiquity in The Wind in the Willows, including ancient epic, parody (Batrachomyomachia), and pastoral imagery. Irby demonstrates how subtle echoes – such as the structure into 12 books, arming scenes, epic catalogues, anabases and katabases, …
Egypt, Greece, and Rome
A History of Space and Places
Inbunden, 2022
1027 kr
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Historical events literally took place in specific contexts; 'where things are' shapes 'how things are'. In this book, Corinna Rossi examines how three different ways of interacting with the surrounding world were shaped by their physical context in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome.Following a …
Egypt, Greece, and Rome
A History of Space and Places
Häftad, 2024
337 kr
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Historical events literally took place in specific contexts; 'where things are' shapes 'how things are'. In this book, Corinna Rossi examines how three different ways of interacting with the surrounding world were shaped by their physical context in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome.Following a …
Manipulation of Poetry in the Prose of the Second Sophistic
Inbunden, 2026
1143 kr
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This book uncovers a sophisticated rhetorical game in Second Sophistic prose in the Roman Empire, in which authors intentionally distorted poetic quotations to challenge readers, display erudition, and creatively rework the Greek literary past.It provides readers with a new interpretive framework …
Philosophers, Jews, and Christians in the Roman Empire
Authority, Text, and Tradition
Av Leslie Kelly
Häftad, 2026
370 kr
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This book explores how philosophical and religious communities in the Roman Empire of the first and second centuries CE engaged with, and were shaped by, their relationship to texts and tradition in their quest for true religious knowledge or ultimate truth.This era was a dynamic transition period …
Philosophers, Jews, and Christians in the Roman Empire
Authority, Text, and Tradition
Av Leslie Kelly
Inbunden, 2025
994 kr
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This book explores how philosophical and religious communities in the Roman Empire of the first and second centuries CE engaged with, and were shaped by, their relationship to texts and tradition in their quest for true religious knowledge or ultimate truth.This era was a dynamic transition period …
Socrates and his Demise
An Examination of the Historical Figure
Häftad, 2026
370 kr
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This book explores the circumstances surrounding Socrates’ death, critically analysing conflicting sources to establish a framework for understanding his intellectual activities in the cultural, political, and religious context of 5th-century BC Athens.What were the circumstances surrounding the …
Socrates and his Demise
An Examination of the Historical Figure
Inbunden, 2025
994 kr
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This book explores the circumstances surrounding Socrates’ death, critically analysing conflicting sources to establish a framework for understanding his intellectual activities in the cultural, political, and religious context of 5th-century BC Athens.What were the circumstances surrounding the …
Theophrastus' Characters
A New Introduction
Inbunden, 2018
1143 kr
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This book presents an introduction to the Characters, a collection of thirty amusing descriptions of character types who lived in Athens in the fourth century BCE. The author of the work, Theophrastus, was Aristotle's colleague, his immediate successor and head of his philosophical school for …
