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Author : William H. Tardrew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Marriage of Polyxena written by William H. Tardrew and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Katrin Keller
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040091849
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Twenty-Five Women Who Shaped the Early Modern Holy Roman Empire written by Katrin Keller and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-25 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the conception that only men shaped the Holy Roman Empire, this book provides students and general readers with biographies of preachers, nuns, princesses, businesswomen, artists, scientists, writers, and social movers who exercised agency in the Holy Roman Empire. Who was Maria Theresia Paradis, and have you ever heard of Empress Eleonora Magdalena? Numerous women achieved prominence or made important contributions to the life of the early modern Holy Roman Empire, but they are only gradually being rediscovered. Generations of historians had assumed that princely women were essentially limited to childbearing, or townswomen to running the household. And although it took a long time for higher education to become attainable to women, they also made their voices heard in the sciences, arts, and religion. Indeed, a closer look reveals that the history of the empire was also a history of the interaction of men and women and a history of women's self-empowerment. This book offers a biographical perspective on that past, as well as a fascinating panorama of women who left their mark on the Holy Roman Empire. This book is the perfect introduction to anyone wishing to broaden their knowledge of women’s history, the Holy Roman Empire, and early modern Europe.
Author : Ellie Mackin Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351273701
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)
Download or read book Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion written by Ellie Mackin Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a case for how and why people in archaic and classical Greece worshipped Underworld gods. These gods are often portrayed as malevolent and transgressive, giving an impression that ancient worshippers derived little or no benefit from developing ongoing relationships with them. In this book, the first book-length study that focuses on Underworld gods as an integral part of the religious landscape of the period, Mackin Roberts challenges this view and shows that Underworld gods are, in many cases, approached and ‘befriended’ in the same way as any other kind of god. Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion provides a fascinating insight into the worship of these deities, and will be of interest to anyone working on ancient Greek religion and cult.
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849667837
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (496 download)
Download or read book Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina written by and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new scholarly edition consists of the Latin text, with translation and detailed commentary, of a sequence of epigrams from the Anthologia Latina (Shackleton Bailey 78-188). The introduction discusses whether these epigrams constitute a unified collection and are the work of a single author, examines their likely date and place of composition – which, it is argued, is North Africa under Vandal rule –, and sets them in their cultural context. The line-by-line commentary covers issues of literary, linguistic and historical significance. Although text and interpretation of these pieces present frequent difficulties, the author confirms that they make up a fascinating collection of considerable importance and merit, contrary to the low reputation generally associated with the Anthologia Latina. The book will be of great interest to students of Latin literature and language in general, the epigram tradition in particular, and the culture of Vandal Africa.
Author : Anthony F. Mangieri
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351863215
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)
Download or read book Virgin Sacrifice in Classical Art written by Anthony F. Mangieri and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trojan War begins and ends with the sacrifice of a virgin princess. The gruesome killing of a woman must have captivated ancient people because the myth of the sacrificial virgin resonates powerfully in the arts of ancient Greece and Rome. Most scholars agree that the Greeks and Romans did not practice human sacrifice, so why then do the myths of virgin sacrifice appear persistently in art and literature for over a millennium? Virgin Sacrifice in Classical Art: Women, Agency, and the Trojan War seeks to answer this question. This book tells the stories of the sacrificial maidens in order to help the reader discover the meanings bound up in these myths for historical people. In exploring the representations of Iphigeneia and Polyxena in Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art, this book offers a broader cultural history that reveals what people in the ancient world were seeking in these stories. The result is an interdisciplinary study that offers new interpretations on the meaning of the sacrificial virgin as a cultural and ideological construction. This is the first book-length study of virgin sacrifice in ancient art and the first to provide an interpretive framework within which to understand its imagery.
Author : Roberto Calasso
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0804151342
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony written by Roberto Calasso and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso also uncovers the distant origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity, and rape. "A perfect work like no other. (Calasso) has re-created . . . the morning of our world."--Gore Vidal. 15 engravings.
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004299815
Total Pages : 679 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Brill's Companion to the Reception of Euripides written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brill's Companion to the Reception of Euripides offers a comprehensive account of the reception of Euripides’ plays over the centuries, across cultures and within a range of different fields, such as literature, intellectual history, visual arts, music, dance, stage and cinema.
Author : Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801480911
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Anxiety Veiled written by Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What should we make of the prominence of female characters in the plays of Euripides? Not, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz concludes, that he was either a misogynist or a feminist before his time. Tracking the relationship between male anxiety and female desire in his drama, she demonstrates in this rich and incisive book that Euripides' plays support a structure of male dominance while simultaneously inscribing female strength.
Author : Justina Gregory
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405175494
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)
Download or read book A Companion to Greek Tragedy written by Justina Gregory and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-28 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blackwell Companion to Greek Tragedy provides readers with a fundamental grounding in Greek tragedy, and also introduces them to the various methodologies and the lively critical dialogue that characterize the study of Greek tragedy today. Comprises 31 original essays by an international cast of contributors, including up-and-coming as well as distinguished senior scholars Pays attention to socio-political, textual, and performance aspects of Greek tragedy All ancient Greek is transliterated and translated, and technical terms are explained as they appear Includes suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, and a generous and informative combined bibliography
Author : Edith Humphris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Adam Lindsay Gordon and His Friends in England and Australia written by Edith Humphris and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1036 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)
Download or read book A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography written by William Smith and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1036 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Kohn
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472028820
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)
Download or read book The Dramaturgy of Senecan Tragedy written by Thomas Kohn and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-century Roman tragedies of Seneca, like all ancient drama, do not contain the sort of external stage directions that we are accustomed to today; nevertheless, a careful reading of the plays reveals such stage business as entrances, exits, setting, sound effects, emotions of the characters, etc. The Dramaturgy of Senecan Tragedy teases out these dramaturgical elements in Seneca's work and uses them both to aid in the interpretation of the plays and to show the playwright's artistry. Thomas D. Kohn provides a detailed overview of the corpus, laying the groundwork for appreciating Seneca's techniques in the individual dramas. Each of the chapters explores an individual tragedy in detail, discussing the dramatis personae and examining how the roles would be distributed among a limited number of actors, as well as the identity of the Chorus. The Dramaturgy of Senecan Tragedymakes a compelling argument for Seneca as an artist and a dramaturg in the true sense of the word: "a maker of drama." Regardless of whether Seneca composed his plays for full-blown theatrical staging, a fictive theater of the mind, or something in between, Kohn demonstrates that he displays a consistency and a careful attentiveness to details of performance. While other scholars have applied this type of performance criticism to individual tragedies or scenes, this is the first comprehensive study of all the plays in twenty-five years, and the first ever to consider not just stagecraft, but also metatheatrical issues such as the significant distribution of roles among a limited number of actors, in addition to the emotional states of the characters. Scholars of classics and theater, along with those looking to stage the plays, will find much of interest in this study.
Author : Christopher M. Dawson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521073952
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Studies in Latin Poetry written by Christopher M. Dawson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1969-10-02 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume dedicated to studies in Latin poetry, beginning with an examination of Saturnian verse and ending with an investigation into how much Ovid actually knew of the law, and how he exploited this knowledge with piquancy and inventiveness in his writings.
Author : Stephen Harrison
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110611023
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Intratextuality and Latin Literature written by Stephen Harrison and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have witnessed an increased interest in classical studies in the ways meaning is generated through the medium of intertextuality, namely how different texts of the same or different authors communicate and interact with each other. Attention (although on a lesser scale) has also been paid to the manner in which meaning is produced through interaction between various parts of the same text or body of texts within the overall production of a single author, namely intratextuality. Taking off from the seminal volume on Intratextuality: Greek and Roman Textual Relations, edited by A. Sharrock / H. Morales (Oxford 2000), which largely sets the theoretical framework for such internal associations within classical texts, this collective volume brings together twenty-seven contributions, written by an international team of experts, exploring the evolution of intratextuality from Late Republic to Late Antiquity across a wide range of authors, genres and historical periods. Of particular interest are also the combined instances of intra- and intertextual poetics as well as the way in which intratextuality in Latin literature draws on reading practices and critical methods already theorized and operative in Greek antiquity.
Author : Charles McNelis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191088579
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Alexandra of Lycophron written by Charles McNelis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph is a literary study of Lycophron's Alexandra, whose obscurity, a quality notorious already in antiquity, has long hampered holistic approaches. Through a series of distinct but closely integrated literary studies of major aspects of the poem, including its style, its engagement with the traditions of epic and tragedy, and it's treatment of heroism and of the gods, the book explores the way the Alexandra reconfigures Greek mythology. In particular, as it is presented in Homeric epic and Athenian tragedy, in order to cast the Romans and their restoration of Trojan glory as the ultimate telos of history. In this sense, the poem emerges as an important intermediary between Homeric epic and Latin poetry, particularly Vergil's Aeneid. By rewriting specific features of the epic and tragic traditions, the Alexandra denies to Greek heroes the glory that was the traditional compensation for their suffering, while at the same time attributing to Cassandra's Trojan family honours framed in the traditional language of Greek heroism. In this sense, the figure of Cassandra, a prophetess traditionally gifted with the power of foresight but denied credibility, self-reflexively serves as a vehicle for exploring the potentials and limitations of poetry.
Author : Karen K. Hersch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521124271
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)
Download or read book The Roman Wedding written by Karen K. Hersch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length examination of Roman wedding ritual.
Author : E.L. Risden
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476634327
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Sir Gawain and the Classical Tradition written by E.L. Risden and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 14th century English alliterative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is admired for its morally complex plot and brilliant poetics. A chivalric romance placed in an Arthurian setting, it has since received acclaim for its commentary regarding important socio-political and religious concerns. The poem’s technical brilliance blends psychological depth and vivid language to produce an effect widely considered superior to any other work of the time. Although the poem is a combination of English alliterative meter, romanticism, and a wide-ranging knowledge of Celtic lore, continental materials and Latin classics, the extent to which Classical antecedents affected or directed the poem is a point of continued controversy among literary scholars. This collection of essays by scholars of diverse interests addresses this puzzling and fascinating question. The introduction provides an expansive background for the topic, and subsequent essays explore the extent to which classical Greek, Roman, Arabic, Christian and Celtic influences are revealed in the poem's opening and closing allusions, themes, and composition. Essays discuss the way in which the anonymous author of Sir Gawain employs figural echoes of classical materials, cultural memoirs of past British tradition, and romantic re-textualizations of Trojan and British literature. It is argued that Sir Gawain may be understood as an Aeneas, Achilles, or Odysseus figure, while the British situation in the 14th century may be understood as analogous to that of ancient Troy.
