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First published in 1951, The People of Aristophanes provides a sociological account of Athens in the period of its greatest glory. Drawing upon Old Attic Comedy and the plays of Aristophanes, the author recreates, for the reader, the life of Athens at that time.
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This is part of a nine-volume collection of critical writings on Greek literature, from 6th century BC to the Byzantine era, which traces the Greek roots of all major literary genres: epic, lyric poetry, tragedy, comedy, history, oratory, and philosophy.
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This is part of a nine-volume collection of critical writings on Greek literature, from 6th century BC to the Byzantine era, which traces the Greek roots of all major literary genres: epic, lyric poetry, tragedy, comedy, history, oratory, and philosophy.
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Presenting an overview of the ideological orientation of "Omeros" and a far-reaching critique of post-colonial theory, Callahan engages some of the most vexing problems of authenticity by reading Walcott's work alongside ancient Greek literature and culture.
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The first comprehensive study of the classical legend of Thebes in the Middle Ages.
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In this 1965 text, Dr Moore divides the extant manuscripts of Polybius, the second century BC Greek historian of Rome, into their families, and demonstrates their... Læs mere
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Investigates the field of memory in the literature of the fifth century BCE. Covers poetry and oratory as well as the works of the first Greek historians, Herodotus and Thucydides, and offers a fresh assessment of the rise of Greek historiography.
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This book uses the motif of 'meat' and of 'food' as a productive key for exploring some of the major issues surrounding the interpretation of the... Læs mere
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Jonathan L. Ready demonstrates that Homer uses similes in the Iliad as arenas of heroic competition. In addition to presenting the first sustained critical... Læs mere
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In this book, Alexander Beecroft explores how the earliest poetry in Greece (Homeric epic and lyric) and China (the Canon of Songs) evolved from being local, oral, and anonymous to being textualized, interpreted, and circulated over increasingly wider areas.
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Examines four texts of the Imperial period by Strabo, Dio of Prusa, Lucian, and Philostratus in order to elucidate how each author... Læs mere