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This volume reflects on the late-1990s fascination with Sappho's "afterlife". The essays examine the changing interpretations of scholars and writers who have read the fragmentary remains of Sappho's poetry.
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This volume considers Sappho's poetry as a powerful, influential voice in the western cultural tradition. Contributors focus on literary history, mythic traditions, cultural studies, performance studies, recent work in feminist theory, and more.
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Presents the works of seventeen poets, including a selection of archaic lyric and the complete surviving works of the ancient Greek women poets.
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Arthur Eckstein's interpretation challenges the way Polybius' "Histories" have long been viewed. He argues that Polybius evaluates people and events as much from a moral viewpoint as from a pragmatic, utilitarian, or even Machiavellian one.
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Craig A. Gibson tells the story of how one group of ancient scholars helped their readers understand Demosthenes writings. This book... Læs mere
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Addressed mainly to non-specialist readers who do not know Greek and who read, study, or teach the Iliad in translation, this book is also meant for classical scholars whose professional specialization has prevented them from keeping abreast of recent work on Homer.
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Considers the development of the Homeric poems - in particular "The Iliad" and "Odyssey" - during the time when they were still part of the oral tradition. This title traces the evolution of rival 'Homers' and the different versions of Homeric poetry in this pretextual period.
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Offers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the... Læs mere
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Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century BCE, Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. This work considers the workings and representation of poetic patronage in the Ptolemaic age.