Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies Forlag
-
Achilles Unbound: Multiformity and Tradition in the Homeric Epics (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Casey Dué, coeditor of the Homer Multitext, explores both the traditionality and multiformity of the Iliad. Dué argues this multiform... Læs mere
Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage) -
Masterpieces of Metonymy: From Ancient Greek Times to Now (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Gregory Nagy analyzes metonymy as a mental process that complements metaphor. If metaphor is a substitution of something unfamilar for something... Læs mere
Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage) -
The Last of the Rephaim: Conquest and Cataclysm in the Heroic Ages of Ancient Israel (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Doak explores how the giants of the Hebrew Bible—which represent a connection to primeval chaos—offer insight into... Læs mere
Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage) -
The Singer of Tales: Third Edition (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
First published in 1960, The Singer of Tales remains the fundamental study of the distinctive techniques and aesthetics of oral epic poetry—from South Slavic epic songs... Læs mere
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Weaving Truth: Essays on Language and the Female in Greek Thought (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
“What if truth were a woman?” asked Nietzsche. In ancient Greek thought, truth in language has a special relation to the female by virtue... Læs mere
Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage) -
The Theory and Practice of Life: Isocrates and the Philosophers (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Wareh's study of the literary culture within which the works, schools, and careers of Plato, Aristotle, and other Greek intellectuals took... Læs mere
Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage) -
Between Thucydides and Polybius: The Golden Age of Greek Historiography (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Between Thucydides and Polybius focuses on the contribution of fourth-century authors such as Ephorus, Theopompus, and Xenophon to... Læs mere
Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage) -
Erin and Iran: Cultural Encounters between the Irish and the Iranians (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In Erin and Iran, North American and European scholars consider parallel themes in and interactions between Irish and Iranian... Læs mere
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
