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Author : Andrew M. McClellan
Release : 2019-07-11
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 627/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Abused Bodies in Roman Epic by : Andrew M. McClellan
Download or read book Abused Bodies in Roman Epic written by Andrew M. McClellan. This book was released on 2019-07-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full study of corpse mistreatment and funeral violation in Greco-Roman epic poetry, illuminating many major texts.
Author : Stanley E. Porter
Release : 2022-06-07
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 211/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, Volume 17 by : Stanley E. Porter
Download or read book Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, Volume 17 written by Stanley E. Porter. This book was released on 2022-06-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 17, 2020 This is the seventeenth volume of the hard-copy edition of a journal that has been published online (www.jgrchj.net) since 2000. As they appear, the hard-copy editions replace the online materials. The scope of JGRChJ is the texts, language and cultures of the Greco-Roman world of early Christianity and Judaism. The papers published in JGRChJ are designed to pay special attention to the larger picture of politics, culture, religion and language, engaging as well with modern theoretical approaches.
Author : Julia Mebane
Release : 2024-01-31
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 289/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Body Politic in Roman Political Thought by : Julia Mebane
Download or read book The Body Politic in Roman Political Thought written by Julia Mebane. This book was released on 2024-01-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Roman writers use the metaphor of the body politic to respond to the downfall of the Republic? In this book, Julia Mebane begins with the Catilinarian Conspiracy in 63 BCE, when Cicero and Catiline proposed two rival models of statesmanship on the senate floor: the civic healer and the head of state. Over the next century, these two paradigms of authority were used to confront the establishment of sole rule in the Roman world. Tracing their Imperial afterlives allows us to see how Romans came to terms with autocracy without ever naming it as such. In identifying metaphor as an important avenue of political thought, the book makes a significant contribution to the history of ideas. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.
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Release : 2022-07-04
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 517/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Silius Italicus and the Tradition of the Roman Historical Epos by :
Download or read book Silius Italicus and the Tradition of the Roman Historical Epos written by . This book was released on 2022-07-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this volume is to study Silius’ poem as an important step in the development of the Roman historical epic tradition. The Punica is analyzed as transitional segment between the beginnings of Roman literature in the Republican age (Naevius and Ennius) and Claudian’s panegyrical epic in late antiquity, shedding light on its ‘inclusiveness’ and its peculiar, internal dialectic between antiquarian taste and problematic actualization. This is an innovative attempt to connect epic poems and authors belonging to different ages, to frame the development of the literary genre, according to its specific aims and interests throughout the centuries.
Author : Tim Stover
Release : 2023-05-09
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 524/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Valerius Flaccus and Imperial Latin Epic by : Tim Stover
Download or read book Valerius Flaccus and Imperial Latin Epic written by Tim Stover. This book was released on 2023-05-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length study of the reception of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica in the epic poems of Silius Italicus (Punica), Statius (Thebaid, Achilleid), and Claudian (De Raptu Proserpinae). It sheds new light on the importance of Valerius' poem and enhances our understanding of the intertextual richness of imperial Latin epic. The readings offered in this book provide new evidence to support the view that Valerius' Argonautica predates the Punica and Thebaid, thus helping to clarify the literary history of the Flavian period (69-96 CE). Stover shows how Silius, Statius, and Claudian use programmatic allusion to the Argonautica to present themselves as Valerius' epic successors. Silius, Statius, and Claudian rework Valerian material to achieve various effects; analysis of these effects is organized by the primary function of allusive interactions, such as 'reversal', 'enrichment', and 'contrast'. This study is essential for scholars of Latin epic poetry. Yet the Greek and Latin of its close readings are translated, making it accessible to all readers interested in intertextuality, comparative literature, and other related topics.
