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Menelaus in the Archaic Period

Author : Anna R. Stelow
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199685924
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Menelaus in the Archaic Period written by Anna R. Stelow and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The figure of Menelaus has remained notably overlooked in the scholarship on the major heroes and heroines of Homeric epic This book studies the Homeric character through a multidisciplinary approach to his depiction in archaic Greek poetry art and cult providing a detailed analysis of ancient literary visual and material evidence It first examines the portrayal of Menelaus in the Homeric poems as a unique 'personality' with an integral role to play in each narrative as depicted through typical patterns of speech and action and through intertextual allusion The book then explores his representation both in other poetry of the archaic period and also archaic art and local Sparta cult Ultimately Menelaus emerges as a unique and likeable character whose relationship with Helen was a popular theme in both epic poetry and vase painting but one whose portrayal evinced a significant narrative range with an array of continuities and differences in how he was represented by the Greeks not only within the archaic period but also in comparison to classical Athens

Menelaus in the Archaic Period

Author : Anna R. Stelow
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191509345
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Menelaus in the Archaic Period written by Anna R. Stelow and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there have been many studies devoted to the major heroes and heroines of Homeric epic, among them Achilles, Odysseus, and Helen, the figure of Menelaus has remained notably overlooked in this strand of scholarship. Menelaus in the Archaic Period is the first book-length study of the Homeric character, taking a multidisciplinary approach to his depiction in archaic Greek poetry, art, and cult through detailed analysis of ancient literary, visual, and material evidence. The volume is divided into two parts, the first of which examines the portrayal of Menelaus in the Homeric poems as a unique 'personality' with an integral role to play in each narrative, as depicted through typical patterns of speech and action and through intertextual allusion. The second part explores his representation both in other poetry of the archaic period - including lyric poetry and Simonides' 'Plataea elegy ' - and also archaic art and local Sparta cult, drawing on the literary, archaeological, and inscriptional evidence for the cult of Menelaus with Helen at Therapne. The depiction of Menelaus in archaic art is a particular focal point: Chapter 4 provides a methodology for the interpretation of heroic narrative on archaic Greek vases through iconography and inscriptions and establishes his conventional visual 'identity' on black figure Athenian vases, while an annotated catalogue of images details those that fall outside the 'norm'. Menelaus emerges from this comprehensive study as a unique and likeable character whose relationship with Helen was a popular theme in both epic poetry and vase painting, but one whose portrayal evinced a significant narrative range, with an array of continuities and differences in how he was represented by the Greeks, not only within the archaic period but also in comparison to classical Athens.

The Archaeology of Greek and Roman Troy

Author : Charles Brian Rose
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521762073
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Greek and Roman Troy written by Charles Brian Rose and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of all excavations that have been conducted at Troy, from the nineteenth century through the latest discoveries between 1988 and the present.

The Rape of Helen

Author : Colluthus (of Lycopolis.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Rape of Helen written by Colluthus (of Lycopolis.) and published by . This book was released on 1786 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Greek Memories

Author : Luca Castagnoli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108691331
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Greek Memories written by Luca Castagnoli and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek Memories aims to identify and examine the central concepts underlying the theories and practices of memory in the Greek world, from the archaic period to Late Antiquity, across all the main literary genres, and to trace some fundamental changes in these theories and practices. It explores the interaction and development of different 'disciplinary' approaches to memory in Ancient Greece, which will enable a fuller and deeper understanding of the whole phenomenon, and of its specific manifestations. This collection of papers contributes to enriching the current scholarly discussion by refocusing it on the question of how various theories and practices of memory, recollection, and forgetting play themselves out in specific texts and authors from Ancient Greece, within a wide chronological span (from the Homeric poems to Plotinus), and across a broad range of genres and disciplines (epic and lyric poetry, tragedy, comedy, historiography, philosophy and scientific prose treatises).

The Trojan War

Author : Barry Strauss
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743264428
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The Trojan War written by Barry Strauss and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-08-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on archaeological research, an expert account of the famous historical battle confirms many details recounted in Homer's epic account, from Troy's alliance with the Hittite Empire to the significant fire at the end of the twelfth century and facts

Exploring the Sacred Landscape of the Ancient Peloponnese

Author : Eleni Marantou
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803277726
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Exploring the Sacred Landscape of the Ancient Peloponnese written by Eleni Marantou and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the origins of the religious system of the Peloponnese to identify the factors behind its subsequent development from the Geometric to the Classical period. Through a presentation of cult places, the deities worshipped, and the epithets used, the book explores preferences for particular deities and the reasons for this.

Early Greek Law

Author : Michael Gagarin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052090916X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Early Greek Law written by Michael Gagarin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1989-04-27 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the evidence of anthropology as well as ancient literature and inscriptions, Gagarin examines the emergence of law in Greece from the 8th through the 6th centuries B.C., that is, from the oral culture of Homer and Hesiod to the written enactment of codes of law in most major cities.

The Return of Odysseus

Author : I. M. Richardson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816700165
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Return of Odysseus written by I. M. Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Odysseus returns at last to Ithaca where he rids his house of the evil suitors, is reunited with Penelope, and visits his aging, grieving father.

The Iliad

Author : Homer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Iliad written by Homer and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ancient Greeks

Author : Stephanie L. Budin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1576078159
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Greeks written by Stephanie L. Budin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Greeks established the very blueprint of Western civilization—our societies, institutions, art, and culture—and thanks to remarkable new findings, we know more about them than ever, and it's all here in this up-to-date introductory volume. Ancient Greece chronicles the rise, decline, resurgence, and ultimate collapse of the Greek empire from its earliest stirrings in the Bronze Age, through the Dark Ages and Classical period, to the death of Cleopatra and the conquests by Macedon and Rome (roughly 3000 B.C.E. to 30 B.C.E.). Drawing on the latest interpretations of artifacts, texts, and other evidence, this handbook takes both newcomers and long-time Hellenophiles inside the process of discovery, revealing not only what we know about ancient Greece but how we know it and how these cultures continue to influence us. There is no more authoritative or accessible introduction to the culture that gave us the Acropolis, Iliad and Odyssey, Herodotus and Thucydides, Sophocles and Aeschylus, Plato and Aristotle, and so much more.

Spartan Women

Author : Sarah B. Pomeroy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199880999
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Spartan Women written by Sarah B. Pomeroy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length examination of Spartan women, covering over a thousand years in the history of women from both the elite and lower classes. Classicist Sarah B. Pomeroy comprehensively analyzes ancient texts and archaeological evidence to construct the world of these elusive though much noticed females. Sparta has always posed a challenge to ancient historians because information about the society is relatively scarce. Most existing scholarship on Sparta concerns the military history of the city and its heavily male-dominated social structure--almost as if there were no women in Sparta. Yet perhaps the most famous of mythic Greek women, Menelaus' wife Helen, the cause of the Trojan War, was herself a Spartan. Written by one of the leading authorities on women in antiquity, Spartan Women reconstructs the lives and the world of Sparta's women, including how their status changed over time and how they held on to their surprising autonomy. Proceeding through the archaic, classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods, Spartan Women includes discussions of education, family life, reproduction, religion, and athletics.

Memory and Emotions in Antiquity

Author : George Kazantzidis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111345246
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Memory and Emotions in Antiquity written by George Kazantzidis and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions of this volume discuss the interfaces between memory and emotions in ancient literature, social life, and philosophy. They explore the ways in which memories intersect with emotions in the epics of Homer and Virgil, the importance of memory for the emotions scripts employed by public speakers to enhance the persuasiveness of their arguments, and ‘cultural memory’ in Philostratus’ Heroicus. Contributions that focus on aspects of ancient societies and politics investigate memory and emotions in the Bacchic-Orphic gold leaves, the importance of memories on inscriptions commemorating private and public emotions, and the ways in which emotive memories enhanced the monumentalizing project of Herodes Atticus in Greece. The essays emphasizing philosophical approaches to memory and emotions discuss Aristotle’s biological treatises and Augustine’s deployment of nostalgia and autobiographical narrative in the wider frame of his didactic programme. Modern approaches to embodied cognition are also employed to shed light on how memories attached to our bodily experiences can enhance the interpretation of Roman literature.

Helen of Troy

Author : Ruby Blondell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190263539
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Helen of Troy written by Ruby Blondell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of Helen of Troy has its origins in ancient Greek epic and didactic poetry, more than 2500 years ago, but it remains one of the world's most galvanizing myths about the destructive power of beauty. Much like the ancient Greeks, our own relationship to female beauty is deeply ambivalent, fraught with both desire and danger. We worship and fear it, advertise it everywhere yet try desperately to control and contain it. No other myth evocatively captures this ambivalence better than that of Helen, daughter of Zeus and Leda, and wife of the Spartan leader Menelaus. Her elopement with (or abduction by) the Trojan prince Paris "launched a thousand ships" and started the most famous war in antiquity. For ancient Greek poets and philosophers, the Helen myth provided a means to explore the paradoxical nature of female beauty, which is at once an awe-inspiring, supremely desirable gift from the gods, essential to the perpetuation of a man's name through reproduction, yet also grants women terrifying power over men, posing a threat inseparable from its allure. Many ancients simply vilified Helen for her role in the Trojan War but there is much more to her story than that: the kidnapping of Helen by the Athenian hero Theseus, her sibling-like relationship with Achilles, the religious cult in which she was worshipped by maidens and newlyweds, and the variant tradition which claims she never went to Troy at all but was whisked away to Egypt and replaced with a phantom. In this book, author Ruby Blondell offers a fresh look at the paradoxes and ambiguities that Helen embodies. Moving from Homer and Hesiod to Sappho, Aeschylus, Euripides, and others, Helen of Troy shows how this powerful myth was continuously reshaped and revisited by the Greeks. By focusing on this key figure from ancient Greece, the book both extends our understanding of that culture and provides a fascinating perspective on our own." - Besedilo s knjižnega zavihka.

Wandering in Ancient Greek Culture

Author : Silvia Montiglio
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226534979
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Wandering in Ancient Greek Culture written by Silvia Montiglio and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005-08-22 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examining the act of wandering through many lenses, Wandering in Ancient Greek Culture addresses questions such as: Why did the Greeks associate the figure of the wanderer with the condition of exile? How was the expansion of the world under Rome reflected in the connotations of wandering? Does a person learn by wandering, or is wandering a deviation from the truth? In the end, this matchless volume shows how the transformations that affected the figure of the wanderer coincided with new perceptions of the world and of travel, and invites us to consider its definition and import today."--BOOK JACKET.

Henchmen of Ares

Author : Josho Brouwers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789490258078
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Henchmen of Ares written by Josho Brouwers and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henchmen of Ares is a new overview of warfare in ancient Greece from the Mycenaean Bronze Age down to the Persian Wars.

The Cambridge Guide to Homer

Author : Corinne Ondine Pache
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108663621
Total Pages : 974 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Guide to Homer written by Corinne Ondine Pache and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its ancient incarnation as a song to recent translations in modern languages, Homeric epic remains an abiding source of inspiration for both scholars and artists that transcends temporal and linguistic boundaries. The Cambridge Guide to Homer examines the influence and meaning of Homeric poetry from its earliest form as ancient Greek song to its current status in world literature, presenting the information in a synthetic manner that allows the reader to gain an understanding of the different strands of Homeric studies. The volume is structured around three main themes: Homeric Song and Text; the Homeric World, and Homer in the World. Each section starts with a series of 'macropedia' essays arranged thematically that are accompanied by shorter complementary 'micropedia' articles. The Cambridge Guide to Homer thus traces the many routes taken by Homeric epic in the ancient world and its continuing relevance in different periods and cultures.