Brill's Companion to Propertius

Brill's Companion to Propertius
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 488
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ISBN-10 : 9789047404835
ISBN-13 : 9047404831
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Synopsis Brill's Companion to Propertius by : Hans-Christian Günther

The present volume provides a comprehensive guide to one of the most difficult authors of classical antiquity. All the major aspects of Propertius' work, its themes, the poetical technique, its sources and models, as well as the history of Propertian scholarship and the vexed problems of textual criticism, are dealt with in contributions by Joan Booth, James Butrica, Francis Cairns, Elaine Fantham, Paolo Fedeli, Adrian Hollis, Peter Knox, Robert Maltby, Tobias Reinhardt and Richard Tarrant; due space is also given to the reception of the author from antiquity and the renaissance (Simona Gavinelli) up to the modern age (Bernhard Zimmermann). At the centre stands an interpretation of the four transmitted books by Gesine Manuwaldt, Hans-Peter Syndikus, John Kevin Newman and Hans-Christian Günther.

Brill's Companion to Horace

Brill's Companion to Horace
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 646
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ISBN-10 : 9789004241961
ISBN-13 : 9004241965
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Synopsis Brill's Companion to Horace by : Hans-Christian Günther

This volume centres on a detailed analysis of the whole corpus of Horace’s work by Edward Courtney (Satires), Elaine Fantham (Epistles I and Odes IV), Hans-Christian Günther (Epodes, Odes I – III, Carmen Saeculare and Epistles II) and Tobias Reinhardt (Ars Poetica). The latter is preceeded by a detailed account of Horace’s life and work in general by H.-C. Günther. Two appendices on the transmission of the text (E. Courtney) and style and metre (Peter Knox) conclude the volume. It is aimed at students and scholars of classical and modern literature who seek comprehensive orientation on all aspects of Horace’s work. All quotations from Latin and Greek are translated.

Propertius: Elegies Book IV

Propertius: Elegies Book IV
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 4
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ISBN-10 : 9780521819572
ISBN-13 : 0521819571
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Synopsis Propertius: Elegies Book IV by : Propertius

Up-to-date commentary, with introduction and new text, on this important work of Latin poetry.

Brill’s Companion to Classical Reception and Modern World Poetry

Brill’s Companion to Classical Reception and Modern World Poetry
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : 9789004529274
ISBN-13 : 9004529276
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Synopsis Brill’s Companion to Classical Reception and Modern World Poetry by :

The volume combines for the first time the fields of Classical Reception and World Literature in a pioneering collection of essays by world-leading scholars on modern poetry from various cultural and linguistics backgrounds (Arabic, Chinese, creole, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Spanish).

Brill's Companion to Greek and Latin Pastoral

Brill's Companion to Greek and Latin Pastoral
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 900420587X
ISBN-13 : 9789004205871
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Synopsis Brill's Companion to Greek and Latin Pastoral by : Marco Fantuzzi

Now available in paperback for the first time, the twenty-three contributions collected in this volume on Greek and Latin Pastoral focus mainly on the historical genesis, the stylistic and narrative features, the literary self-definition, and the fortunes of pastoral from its Theocritean origins to the Byzantine age.

Brill’s Companion to Greek and Latin Epyllion and Its Reception

Brill’s Companion to Greek and Latin Epyllion and Its Reception
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 666
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ISBN-10 : 9789004233058
ISBN-13 : 9004233059
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Synopsis Brill’s Companion to Greek and Latin Epyllion and Its Reception by : Manuel Baumbach

In classical scholarship of the past two centuries, the term “epyllion” was used to label short hexametric texts mainly ascribable to the Hellenistic period (Greek) or the Neoterics (Latin). Apart from their brevity, characteristics such as a predilection for episodic narration or female characters were regarded as typically “epyllic” features. However, in Antiquity itself, the texts we call “epyllia” were not considered a coherent genre, which seems to be an innovation of the late 18th century. The contributions in this book not only re-examine some important (and some lesser known) Greek and Latin primary texts, but also critically reconsider the theoretical discourses attached to it, and also sketch their literary and scholarly reception in the Byzantine and Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Modern Age.

Brill's Companion to Hellenistic Epigram

Brill's Companion to Hellenistic Epigram
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 679
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ISBN-10 : 9789047419402
ISBN-13 : 9047419405
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Synopsis Brill's Companion to Hellenistic Epigram by : Peter Bing

Important research in recent decades, along with the publication of P.Mil.Vogl. VIII 309 ('the Milan Posidippus papyrus') in 2001, have reinvigorated the study of Hellenistic epigram. Yet, scholarship on this genre often remains fragmented according to disciplinary sub-specialty and approach: some scholars focus on poets of Meleager’s Garland, others on Philip’s; some on inscriptional epigram, others on literary; each approaching the genre with different motives and questions. In this volume, expert scholars offer those less familiar with the genre an introduction to all aspects of Hellenistic epigram—from models and forms inherited from inscriptional epigram to poetology, sub-genera, epigrammatic intertexts, and ancient and modern reception. Even specialists will find here fresh explorations of epigram, along with new directions for scholarship.

Brill's Companion to Apollonius Rhodius

Brill's Companion to Apollonius Rhodius
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 495
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ISBN-10 : 9789004217140
ISBN-13 : 9004217142
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Synopsis Brill's Companion to Apollonius Rhodius by : Theodore D. Papanghelis

This volume on Apollonius of Rhodes, whose Argonautica is the sole full-length epic to survive from the Hellenistic period, comprises articles by eighteen leading scholars from Europe and America. Their contributions cover a wide range of issues from the history of the text and the problems of the poet's biography through questions of style, literary technique and intertextual relations to the epic's literary and cultural reception. The aim of this 2nd edition is to give an up-to-date outline of the scholarly discussion in these areas and to provide a survey of recent and current trends in Apollonian studies which will be useful also to students of Hellenistic poetry in general.

Brill's Companion to Thucydides

Brill's Companion to Thucydides
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 968
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ISBN-10 : 9789047404842
ISBN-13 : 904740484X
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Brill's Companion to Thucydides by : Antonis Tsakmakis

This volume on Thucydides, the most important historian of the ancient world, comprises articles by thirty leading international scholars. The contributions cover a wide range of issues, including Thucydides’ life, intellectual milieu and predecessors, Thucydides and the act of writing, his rhetoric, historical method and narrative techniques, narrative unity in the History, the speeches, Thucydides’ reliability as a historian, and his legacy through the centuries. Other topics dealt with include warfare, religion, individuals, democracy and oligarchy, the invention of political science, Thucydides and Athens, Sparta, Macedonia/Thrace, Sicily/South Italy, Persia, and the Argives. The volume aims to provide a survey of current trends in Thucydidean studies which will be of interest to all students of ancient history. Brill's Companion to Thucydides was awarded Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2007.

Roman Letters

Roman Letters
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 9781118617304
ISBN-13 : 1118617304
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Roman Letters by : Noelle K. Zeiner-Carmichael

Roman Letters offers a rich selection of original translations of ancient Roman letters spanning from the 1st century BCE to the 2nd century CE. Chronologically arranged and grouped according to author or collection, the letters cover various topics and themes selected from a broad range of authors. A unique single volume text that makes classical letters accessible and readable to undergraduates and the non-specialist reader Presents a wide range of authors and material, with over 200 selected texts Includes selections that illustrate a complete cycle of correspondence, as well as letters written by the same author and covering the same topic/theme but sent to different recipients Letters are arranged chronologically, with letters grouped according to author or collection An accompanying website offers additional, complementary letters Topical index highlights various topics and themes represented by the letters