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Euripides And Quotation Culture

by Matthew Wright

~~34,57€~~ 31,11€ 10% OFF

 Presenting a new approach to Euripides'' plays, this book explores the playwright''s ancient tragedies in relation to quotation culture. Treating extant works and lost works side-by-side, Matthew Wright presents a selective survey of ways in which Euripidean tragedy was quoted within antiquity, both in social contexts (on the comic stage, at symposia, in law courts, in education) and in different literary genres (drama, biography, oratory, philosophy, literary scholarship, history and anthologies). There is also a discussion of the connection between quotability and classic status, where Wright asks what quotations can tell us about ancient reading habits. The implication is that Euripides actively participated in quotation culture by deliberately making certain portions of his plays stand out as especially quotable. Within classical antiquity, Euripides was the most widely quoted author apart from Homer. His plays are full of ''quotable quotes'', which were repeated so often that they acquired a life of their own. Hundreds of famous verses from Euripidean drama circulated widely within the ancient world, even after the plays in which they originally featured became forgotten or vanished completely. Indeed, the majority of Euripides'' tragedies now survive only in the form of scattered quotations, otherwise known to us as ''fragments''. It is this corpus of fragmentary quotations, along with his extant plays, that makes Euripides such an interesting case study in the world of quotation culture. This book is the first of its kind to understand Euripides'' work through this lens, as well as opening up quotation culture as a major theme of interest within classical scholarship.
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Euripides And Quotation Culture

by Matthew Wright

~~34,57€~~ 31,11€ 10% OFF

 Presenting a new approach to Euripides'' plays, this book explores the playwright''s ancient tragedies in relation to quotation culture. Treating extant works and lost works side-by-side, Matthew Wright presents a selective survey of ways in which Euripidean tragedy was quoted within antiquity, both in social contexts (on the comic stage, at symposia, in law courts, in education) and in different literary genres (drama, biography, oratory, philosophy, literary scholarship, history and anthologies). There is also a discussion of the connection between quotability and classic status, where Wright asks what quotations can tell us about ancient reading habits. The implication is that Euripides actively participated in quotation culture by deliberately making certain portions of his plays stand out as especially quotable. Within classical antiquity, Euripides was the most widely quoted author apart from Homer. His plays are full of ''quotable quotes'', which were repeated so often that they acquired a life of their own. Hundreds of famous verses from Euripidean drama circulated widely within the ancient world, even after the plays in which they originally featured became forgotten or vanished completely. Indeed, the majority of Euripides'' tragedies now survive only in the form of scattered quotations, otherwise known to us as ''fragments''. It is this corpus of fragmentary quotations, along with his extant plays, that makes Euripides such an interesting case study in the world of quotation culture. This book is the first of its kind to understand Euripides'' work through this lens, as well as opening up quotation culture as a major theme of interest within classical scholarship.
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Chaos, Cosmos And Creation In Early Greek Theogonies - An Ontological Exploration

by Olaf Almqvist

35,76€ + 10% CARD

 Cosmological narratives like the creation story in the book of Genesis or the modern Big Bang are popularly understood to be descriptions of how the universe was created. However, cosmologies also say a great deal more. Indeed, the majority of cosmologies, ancient and modern, explore not simply how the world was made but how humans relate to their surrounding environment and the often thin line which separates humans from gods and animals. Combining approaches from classical studies, anthropology, and philosophy, this book studies three competing cosmologies of the early Greek world: Hesiod''s Theogony; the Orphic Derveni Theogony; and Protagoras'' creation myth in Plato''s eponymous dialogue. Although all three cosmologies are part of a single mythic tradition and feature a number of similar events and characters, Olaf Almqvist argues they offer very different answers to an ongoing debate on what it is to be human. Engaging closely with the ontological turn in anthropology and in particular with the work of Philippe Descola, this book outlines three key sets of ontological assumptions - analogism, pantheism, and naturalism - found in early Greek literature and explores how these competing ontological assumptions result in contrasting attitudes to rituals such as prayer and sacrifice.
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Chaos, Cosmos And Creation In Early Greek Theogonies - An Ontological Exploration

by Olaf Almqvist

35,76€ + 10% CARD

 Cosmological narratives like the creation story in the book of Genesis or the modern Big Bang are popularly understood to be descriptions of how the universe was created. However, cosmologies also say a great deal more. Indeed, the majority of cosmologies, ancient and modern, explore not simply how the world was made but how humans relate to their surrounding environment and the often thin line which separates humans from gods and animals. Combining approaches from classical studies, anthropology, and philosophy, this book studies three competing cosmologies of the early Greek world: Hesiod''s Theogony; the Orphic Derveni Theogony; and Protagoras'' creation myth in Plato''s eponymous dialogue. Although all three cosmologies are part of a single mythic tradition and feature a number of similar events and characters, Olaf Almqvist argues they offer very different answers to an ongoing debate on what it is to be human. Engaging closely with the ontological turn in anthropology and in particular with the work of Philippe Descola, this book outlines three key sets of ontological assumptions - analogism, pantheism, and naturalism - found in early Greek literature and explores how these competing ontological assumptions result in contrasting attitudes to rituals such as prayer and sacrifice.
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Behind The Mask - Character And Society In Menander

by Angela M. Heap

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 This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a major influence on Shakespeare and Molière. However, his work survived only in excerpts and quotation until some significant texts reappeared in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on papyrus. The mystery of their loss and rediscovery has raised key questions surrounding the transmission of these and other Greek texts. Theatrical masks from the fourth century BCE discovered on the island of Lipari now also provide important material with which this book examines how the plays were originally performed. A detailed investigation of their historical setting is offered which engages with recent debates on the importance of social status and citizenship in Menander''s plays. The techniques of characterization are also examined, with particular focus on women, slaves and power relationships in his Epitrepontes. It appears that the audience was invited, sometimes subversively, behind the mask of this sophisticated comedy to discover that people do not always conform to literary expectations and social norms.
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Behind The Mask - Character And Society In Menander

by Angela M. Heap

39,34€ + 10% CARD

 This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a major influence on Shakespeare and Molière. However, his work survived only in excerpts and quotation until some significant texts reappeared in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on papyrus. The mystery of their loss and rediscovery has raised key questions surrounding the transmission of these and other Greek texts. Theatrical masks from the fourth century BCE discovered on the island of Lipari now also provide important material with which this book examines how the plays were originally performed. A detailed investigation of their historical setting is offered which engages with recent debates on the importance of social status and citizenship in Menander''s plays. The techniques of characterization are also examined, with particular focus on women, slaves and power relationships in his Epitrepontes. It appears that the audience was invited, sometimes subversively, behind the mask of this sophisticated comedy to discover that people do not always conform to literary expectations and social norms.
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Propertius - Poet Of Love And Leisure

by A.M. Keith

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 Explores Propertius' elegiac poetry in the context of early imperial Roman society. Examining a variety of themes associated with both Propertian poetics and the poet's social context within the early Augustan principate, this work offers an overview of Propertius' achievement in his four books of elegies.
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Pastoral Inscriptions - Reading And Writing Virgil''S Eclogues

by Brian W Breed

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 Virgil's "Eclogues" represent the introduction of a different genre, pastoral, to Latin literature. This work examines the tension between representations of orality in Virgil's pastoral world and the intense textuality of his pastoral poetry.
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Pastoral Inscriptions - Reading And Writing Virgil''S Eclogues

by Brian W Breed

42,92€ + 10% CARD

 Virgil's "Eclogues" represent the introduction of a different genre, pastoral, to Latin literature. This work examines the tension between representations of orality in Virgil's pastoral world and the intense textuality of his pastoral poetry.
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Classics And The Bible - Hospitality And Recognition

by John Taylor

42,92€ + 10% CARD

 Looks at story-patterns and themes which Greek and Latin literature share with the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament. This work considers the subject from the classical side: Homer, the Greek tragedians, Plato, and Virgil. It also focuses on the New Testament, and on the aspects of later reception.
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Juvenal And The Satiric Genre

by Frederick Jones

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 Considers Greek and Roman literature primarily in relation to genre and theme. This series also aims to place writer and original addressee in their social context. It is suitable for both scholar and student, and to anyone interested in our classical inheritance.
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Pausanias - Travel Writing In Ancient Greece

by Maria Pretzler

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 Combines an introduction to Pausanias with fresh perspectives. This book considers the process and influences that shaped the "Periegesis", and maps out its literary and cultural context.
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Pausanias - Travel Writing In Ancient Greece

by Maria Pretzler

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 Combines an introduction to Pausanias with fresh perspectives. This book considers the process and influences that shaped the "Periegesis", and maps out its literary and cultural context.
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Roman Book

by Rex Winsbury

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 The publishing of Roman books has long and often been misrepresented by false analogies with modern publishing. This comprehensive study examines, by appeal to what Roman authors themselves tell us, both the raw materials and aesthetic criteria of the Roman book (a papyrus scroll) and the process of literary composition.
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Homer - The Resonance Of Epic

by Barbara Graziosi e Johannes Haubold

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 Offers interpretations of the main aspects of Homeric epic: the gods and fate, gender and society, death, fame, and poetry
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Myth Of Paganism - Nonnus, Dionysus And The World Of Late Antiquity

by Robert Shorrock

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 Seeks to re-evaluate the role of 'pagan' poetry in late antiquity. This book presents a definition of these poets as active participants and collaborators in the creation of late antique culture.
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Myth Of Paganism - Nonnus, Dionysus And The World Of Late Antiquity

by Robert Shorrock

42,92€ + 10% CARD

 Seeks to re-evaluate the role of 'pagan' poetry in late antiquity. This book presents a definition of these poets as active participants and collaborators in the creation of late antique culture.
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Roman Book

by Rex Winsbury

42,92€ + 10% CARD

 The publishing of Roman books has long and often been misrepresented by false analogies with modern publishing. This comprehensive study examines, by appeal to what Roman authors themselves tell us, both the raw materials and aesthetic criteria of the Roman book (a papyrus scroll) and the process of literary composition.
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Classics And The Bible - Hospitality And Recognition

by John Taylor

42,92€ + 10% CARD

 Looks at story-patterns and themes which Greek and Latin literature share with the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament. This work considers the subject from the classical side: Homer, the Greek tragedians, Plato, and Virgil. It also focuses on the New Testament, and on the aspects of later reception.
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Juvenal And The Satiric Genre

by Frederick Jones

42,92€ + 10% CARD

 Considers Greek and Roman literature primarily in relation to genre and theme. This series also aims to place writer and original addressee in their social context. It is suitable for both scholar and student, and to anyone interested in our classical inheritance.
ENGLISH

Homer - The Resonance Of Epic

by Barbara Graziosi e Johannes Haubold

42,92€ + 10% CARD

 Offers interpretations of the main aspects of Homeric epic: the gods and fate, gender and society, death, fame, and poetry
The Myth Of Paganism - Nonnus, Dionysus And The World Of Late Antiquity

by Robert Shorrock

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 Seeks to re-evaluate the role of 'pagan' poetry in late antiquity. This book presents a definition of these poets as active participants and collaborators in the creation of late antique culture.
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Euripides And Quotation Culture

by Dr Matthew (University Of Exeter, Uk) Wright

~~39,19€~~ 35,27€ 10% OFF

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Euripides And Quotation Culture

by Dr Matthew (University Of Exeter, Uk) Wright

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