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In the conservative and competitive society of ancient Rome, where the law of the father (patria potestas) was supposedly absolute, motherhood took on complex aesthetic, moral, and political meanings in elite literary discourse. Reproducing Rome is a study of the...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-10-15
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Much has been written about the contribution of ancient Greece to modern discourses of homosexuality, but Rome's significant rôle has been largely overlooked. Ancient Rome and the Construction of Modern Homosexual Identities explores the contested history of responses...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-10-08
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The rediscovery in the fifteenth century of Lucretius' De rerum natura was a challenge to received ideas.The poem offered a vision of the creation of the universe, the origins and goals of human life, and the formation of the state, all without reference to divine...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-10-08
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Stephen Scully both offers a reading of Hesiod's Theogony and traces the reception and shadows of this authoritative Greek creation story in Greek and Roman texts up to Milton's own creation myth, which sought to "soar above th' Aonian Mount [i.e., the Theogony]...and...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-10-01
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A Companion to Roman Art encompasses various artistic genres, ancient contexts, and modern approaches for a comprehensive guide to Roman art. Offers comprehensive and original essays on the study of Roman art Contributions from distinguished scholars with unrivalled...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-09-09
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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The late Bruce Karl Braswell worked on Pindar for decades. Besides many smaller contributions, his research resulted in fundamental commentaries on Pythian Four (1988), Nemean One (1992), and Nemean Nine (1998), and his last monograph, dedicated to Didymos of Alexandria...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-08-28
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A Companion to Greek Literature presents a comprehensive introduction to the wide range of texts and literary forms produced in the Greek language over the course of a millennium beginning from the 6th century BCE up to the early years of the Byzantine Empire. ...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-08-12
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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Networks of Stone explores the social and creative processes of sculpture production in Athens in the sixth and fifth centuries BC. Using the concept of art worlds, it analyses the contributions and interactions of all those who were in some way part of creating the...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-07-31
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Terence and the Verb 'To Be' in Latin is the first in-depth study of the verb 'to be' in Latin (esse) and some of its hidden properties. Like the English 'be' (e.g. it's), the Latin forms of esse could undergo phonetic reduction or contraction. This phenomenon is...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-07-30
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Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C. Represents the first overview of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-07-21
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Ancient Cultures
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Die neue Ausgabe umfasst den Kommentar des Philippus Beroaldus zum ersten Buch der Elegien des Properz, der im Jahr 1487 in Bologna erschien. Damit begründet der Humanist die Tradition der Kommentierung literarischer Gesamtwerke, welche die Entfaltung der neuzeitlichen...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-07-20
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This book is also available as a set, together with Volume I.Please visit www.peterlang.com/view/product/84550Patterns of Patronage in Renaissance Rome is the first full-length study of the life and works of Francesco Sperulo of Camerino (1463–1531). In a remarkable...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-07-20
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This book is also available as a set, together with Volume II. Please visit www.peterlang.com/view/product/84550
Patterns of Patronage in Renaissance Rome is the first full-length study of the life and works of Francesco Sperulo of Camerino (1463–1531). In a remarkable...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-06-30
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A Companion to Food in the Ancient World presents a comprehensive overview of the cultural aspects relating to the production, preparation, and consumption of food and drink in antiquity. • Provides an up-to-date overview of the study of food in the ancient world •...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-06-29
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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This volume provides an accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date survey of the ancient Greek genre of historical writing from its origins before Herodotus to the Greek historians of the Roman imperial era, seven centuries later. Focuses on the themes of power and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-06-25
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Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World
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A Companion to Ancient Education presents a series of essays from leading specialists in the field that represent the most up-to-date scholarship relating to the rise and spread of educational practices and theories in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Reflects the...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-06-23
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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Die Studie untersucht die Rezeption der Paradies- und Sündenfallerzählung des Buches Genesis, welche zu den wirkmächtigsten Texten des Alten Testaments zählt. In der christlichen Literatur hat diese eine eindrucksvolle Rezeptionsgeschichte erfahren.Die Autorin nimmt...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-05-31
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In diesem Buch wird erstmals der werkübergreifende Walpurgisnacht-Komplex von Johann Wolfgang Goethe in seinem literarhistorischen, poetologischen und ideengeschichtlichen Gesamtzusammenhang erschlossen. Dreimal hat sich Goethe im Laufe seines Lebens mit der Sage vom...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-05-04
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Im Buch wird die finanzielle Situation Ciceros untersucht, die anhand seines Briefwechsels detailliert nachverfolgt werden kann. Der berühmte Anwalt, Politiker und Literat kämpfte schließlich zeitlebens mit finanziellen Problemen. Diese werden dargelegt, indem die...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-04-30
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The first of its kind, A Companion to Ancient Aesthetics presents a synoptic view of the arts, which crosses traditional boundaries and explores the aesthetic experience of the ancients across a range of media—oral, aural, visual, and literary. Investigates the many...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-04-28
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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