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Book Pseudo Arcadius  Epitome of Herodian s                                                    with a Critical Edition and Notes on

Download or read book Pseudo Arcadius Epitome of Herodian s with a Critical Edition and Notes on written by Stephanie Roussou and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis is a new edition of the Preface and Books 1-8 of Pseudo-Arcadius' Epitome of Herodian's TIEQL Ka8oi\L1

Book FrC 16 3 Ephippos

    Book Details:
  • Author : Athina Papachrysostomou
  • Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
  • Release : 2020-12-14
  • ISBN : 3946317952
  • Pages : 279 pages

Download or read book FrC 16 3 Ephippos written by Athina Papachrysostomou and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ephippus is an outstanding playwright of Greek Middle Comedy. He won a single Lenaean victory ca. 378-376 BC and continued being productive until the late 340s. His twenty-eight surviving fragments reveal a wide thematic range: myth burlesque (with a special fondness for Heracles), political allegory, sympotic themes, personal mockery, satire of philosophy (Plato), hetairai. His corpus features seven hapax terms, as well as the highest percentage of anapaestic dimeter lines of all poets of Middle Comedy.

Book Sophocles  Oedipus the King

    Book Details:
  • Author : P. J. Finglass
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2018-04-05
  • ISBN : 1108321704
  • Pages : 724 pages

Download or read book Sophocles Oedipus the King written by P. J. Finglass and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries the myth of Oedipus, the man who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother, has exerted a powerful hold on the human imagination; but no retelling of that myth has ever come close, in passion, drama, and menace to the one that we find in Sophocles' Oedipus the King. This new full-scale edition of that classic play - the first in any language since 1883 - offers a freshly constituted text based on consultation of manuscripts ancient and mediaeval. The introduction explores the play's dating and production, its creative engagement with pre-Sophoclean versions, its major themes, and its reception during antiquity. The commentary offers a detailed analysis, line by line and scene by scene, of the play's language, staging, and dramatic impact. The translation incorporated into the commentary ensures that the book will be accessible to all readers interested in what is arguably the greatest Greek tragedy of all.

Book Pseudo Arcadius  Epitome of Herodian s  De Prosodia Catholica

Download or read book Pseudo Arcadius Epitome of Herodian s De Prosodia Catholica written by Stephanie Roussou and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras

Download or read book Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras written by Sean A Adams and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-30 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this volume is to investigate scholastic culture in the Hellenistic and Roman eras, with a particular focus on ancient book and material culture as well as scholarship beyond Greek authors and the Greek language. Accordingly, one of the major contributions of this work is the inclusion of multiple perspectives and its contributors engage not only with elements of Greek scholastic culture, but also bring Greek ideas into conversation with developing Latin scholarship (see chapters by Dickey, Nicholls, Marshall) and the perspective of a minority culture (i.e., Jewish authors) (see chapters by Hezser, Adams). This multicultural perspective is an important next step in the discussion of ancient scholarship and this volume provides a starting point for future inquiries.

Book History of Ancient Greek Scholarship

Download or read book History of Ancient Greek Scholarship written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book, after J. E. Sandys, to cover the multiform fied of “ancient scholarship” from the beginnings to the fall of Byzantium. It is worth underlining the benefits of a work with multiple expert voices in a field so complex. The book is based on the four historiographical chapters of Brill's Companion to Ancient Greek Scholarship (2015), which have been updated and rethought.

Book Reading Eustathios of Thessalonike

Download or read book Reading Eustathios of Thessalonike written by Filippomaria Pontani and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the relevance of Eustathios to both Classical and Byzantine studies, no monograph and no collective volume in English has yet been devoted to his figure. This book attempts to fill in this gap by addressing the various facets of his output - above all his commentaries on Homer, Dionysius the Periegete, Pindar, and the Iambic Canon on the Pentecost; but also his historiographical work, his speeches and his theological production receive due attention. The book also tackles several aspects of Eustathios‘ style (proverbs, allusions, etc.), and the meaning of his work in the context of his historical moment. Addressed at specialists but also at graduate students with an interest in the reception of Classical antiquity and in Byzantine civilisation, the volume gathers papers by leading scholars from various countries, and it opens up new paths of research in several areas of philology and history, above all by interweaving and juxtaposing Eustathios‘ dimension as an Homerist and an immensely learned classical scholar with his capacities as an orator, a highly praised teacher, a rhetorically refined writer of Greek prose, an historian of his own turbulent times, and an archbishop who had to fulfil his everyday duties.

Book The History of Zonaras

Download or read book The History of Zonaras written by Thomas Banchich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-01-26 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While an exile from Constantinople, the twelfth-century Byzantine functionary and canonist John Zonaras culled earlier chronicles and histories to compose an account of events from creation to the reign of Alexius Comnenus. For topics where his sources are lost or appear elsewhere in more truncated form, his testimony and the identification of the texts on which he depends are of critical importance. For his account of the first two centuries of the Principate, Zonaras employed now-lost portions of Cassius Dio. From the point where Dio’s History ended, to the reign of Theodosius the Great (d. 395), he turned to other sources to produce a uniquely full historical narrative of the critical years 235-395, making Books XII.15-XIII.19 of the Epitome central to the study of both late Roman history and late Roman and Byzantine historiography. This key section of the Epitome, together with Zonaras’ Prologue, here appears in English for the first time, both complemented by a historical and historiographical commentary. A special feature of the latter is a first-ever English translation of a broad range of sources which illuminate Zonaras’ account and the historiographical traditions it reflects. Among the authors whose newly translated works occupy a prominent place in the commentary are George Cedrenus, George the Monk, John of Antioch, Peter the Patrician, Symeon Magister, and Theodore Scutariotes. Specialized indices facilitate the use of the translations and commentary alike. The result is an invaluable guide and stimulus to further research for scholars and students of the history and historiography of Rome and Byzantium.

Book Roman Aristocrats in Barbarian Gaul

Download or read book Roman Aristocrats in Barbarian Gaul written by Ralph Mathisen and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skin-clad barbarians ransacking Rome remains a popular image of the "decline and fall" of the Roman Empire, but why, when, and how the Empire actually fell are still matters of debate among students of classical history. In this pioneering study, Ralph W. Mathisen examines the "fall" in one part of the western Empire, Gaul, to better understand the shift from Roman to Germanic power that occurred in the region during the fifth century AD Mathisen uncovers two apparently contradictory trends. First, he finds that barbarian settlement did provoke significant changes in Gaul, including the disappearance of most secular offices under the Roman imperial administration, the appropriation of land and social influence by the barbarians, and a rise in the overall level of violence. Yet he also shows that the Roman aristocrats proved remarkably adept at retaining their rank and status. How did the aristocracy hold on? Mathisen rejects traditional explanations and demonstrates that rather than simply opposing the barbarians, or passively accepting them, the Roman aristocrats directly responded to them in various ways. Some left Gaul. Others tried to ignore the changes wrought by the newcomers. Still others directly collaborated with the barbarians, looking to them as patrons and holding office in barbarian governments. Most significantly, however, many were willing to change the criteria that determined membership in the aristocracy. Two new characteristics of the Roman aristocracy in fifth-century Gaul were careers in the church and greater emphasis on classical literary culture. These findings shed new light on an age in transition. Mathisen's theory that barbarian integration into Roman society was a collaborative process rather than a conquest is sure to provoke much thought and debate. All historians who study the process of power transfer from native to alien elites will want to consult this work.

Book Physiognomics in the Ancient World

Download or read book Physiognomics in the Ancient World written by Elizabeth Cornelia Evans and published by Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 1969 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Brill s Companion to Ancient Greek Scholarship  2 Vols

Download or read book Brill s Companion to Ancient Greek Scholarship 2 Vols written by Franco Montanari and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 1532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brill’s Companion to Ancient Greek Scholarship aims at providing a reference work in the field of ancient Greek and Byzantine scholarship and grammar, thus encompassing the broad and multifaceted philological and linguistic research activity during the entire Greek Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The first part of the volume offers a thorough historical overview of ancient scholarship, which covers the period from its very beginnings to the Byzantine era. The second part focuses on the disciplinary profile of ancient scholarship by investigating its main scientific topics. The third and final part presents the particular work of ancient scholars in various philological and linguistic matters, and also examines the place of scholarship and grammar from an interdisciplinary point of view, especially from their interrelation with rhetoric, philosophy, medicine and nature sciences.

Book Guardians of Language

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert A. Kaster
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2023-09-01
  • ISBN : 0520342763
  • Pages : 466 pages

Download or read book Guardians of Language written by Robert A. Kaster and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did it mean to be a professional teacher in the prestigious "liberal schools"—the schools of grammar and rhetoric—in late antiquity? How can we account for the abiding prestige of these schools, which remained substantially unchanged in their methods and standing despite the political and religious changes that had taken place around them? The grammarian was a pivotal figure in the lives of the educated upper classes of late antiquity. Introducing his students to correct language and to the literature esteemed by long tradition, he began the education that confirmed his students' standing in a narrowly defined elite. His profession thus contributed to the social as well as cultural continuity of the Empire. The grammarian received honor—and criticism; the profession gave the grammarian a firm sense of cultural authority but also placed him in a position of genteel subordination within the elite. Robert A. Kaster provides the first thorough study of the place and function of these important but ambiguous figures. He also gives a detailed prosopography of the grammarians, and of the other "teachers of letters" below the level of rhetoric, from the middle of the third through the middle of the sixth century, which will provide a valuable research tool for other students of late-antique education.

Book Ancient Scholarship and Grammar

Download or read book Ancient Scholarship and Grammar written by Stephanos Matthaios and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume aims at investigating archetypes, concepts and contexts of the ancient philological discipline from a historical, methodological and ideological perspective. It includes 26 contributions by leading scholars divided into four sections: The ancient scholars at work, The ancient grammarians on Greek language and linguistic correctness, Ancient grammar in historical context and Ancient grammar in interdisciplinary context.

Book Old Rome

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert Burn
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1880
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 334 pages

Download or read book Old Rome written by Robert Burn and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Roman Life and Manners Under the Early Empire

Download or read book Roman Life and Manners Under the Early Empire written by Ludwig Friedlaender and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Dictionary of the Bible

Download or read book A Dictionary of the Bible written by James Hastings and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Commentary on Seneca s de Clementia

Download or read book Commentary on Seneca s de Clementia written by Calvin and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-10-09 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: