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This book examines the overall testimony of Plato as an expert about the cultural legacy of these Homeric... Læs mere
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Tsagalis argues that just as the discarded text of a palimpsest still carries traces of its previous writing, so the Homeric tradition unfolds its awareness of alternate versions as it reveals signs of their erasure.
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“What is a Greek priest?” This volume, which has its origins in a symposium at the Center for Hellenic Studies,... Læs mere
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Plato’s Counterfeit Sophists explores the place of the sophists within the Greek wisdom tradition, and argues against their almost universal exclusion from serious... Læs mere
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Graeme Bird examines a small group of early papyrus manuscripts of Homer's Iliad, known as the Ptolemaic papyri, which are the oldest... Læs mere
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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
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Slatkin’s influential book explores the superficially minor role of Thetis in the Iliad, showing how our awareness of alternative myths brings a far greater... Læs mere
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In this work, Ziolkowski pits wise Solomon against a wily peasant named Marcolf. While it is widely known by name, until now it has not been translated into any modern language. This... Læs mere
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This book is a study of heroic femininity as it appears in the epic Mahabharata, and focuses particularly on the roles of wife, daughter-in-law, and mother, on how these women speak, and on the kinship groups and varying marital systems that surround them.
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After a theoretical introduction that also serves as a general introduction to the dramatic chorus from the comic vantage point, a reading of... Læs mere
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Within a growing scholarly literature devoted to the topics of biography and autobiography, especially in the Arabic literary tradition,... Læs mere
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The existing manuscripts of Old Norse mythology were written mainly by Christians, obscuring the pre-Christian oral histories. This book assembles comparisons... Læs mere