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In Greek thought, barbaroi are utterers of unintelligible or inarticulate sounds. What importance does the text of Herodotus's Histories... Læs mere
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Casey Dué, coeditor of the Homer Multitext, explores both the traditionality and multiformity of the Iliad. Dué argues this multiform... Læs mere
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This volume explores the context of theological speculations and political aspirations through the medium of dreams to present fascinating insights into the social history of the pre-modern Islamic world in all its cultural diversity.
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Averil Cameron refutes an argument by some scholars that Christians did not dialogue after a wall of silence came down in the fifth century AD. Cameron shows that in late... Læs mere
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One of the most significant contributors to late antique literary culture, Eusebius of Caesarea has received only limited attention as a writer and thinker... Læs mere
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Shubha Pathak explores a new way to connect the primary Sanskrit epics Ramaya?a and Mahabharata with their Greek... Læs mere
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The Shahnama or Book of Kings glorifies the spectacular achievements of Iranian civilization from its mythologized beginnings to the time of the Arab Conquest.... Læs mere
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This book argues that oracular utterance, dramatic acting, and rhetorical delivery powerfully elucidate the practice of... Læs mere
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Eve of the Festival is a detailed examination of Homeric myth-making in the first and longest dialogue of Penelope and Odysseus (Odyssey 19). This study... Læs mere
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In Herodotus’s Histories, almost anything is capable of being invested with meaning—human speech, gifts, markings, and... Læs mere
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The word kleos in the Iliad and the Odyssey distinctly supposes an oral narrative—principally an “oral history,” a “life story” or ultimately... Læs mere