The complex role warfare played in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations is examined through coverage of key wars and battles; important leaders, armies, organizations, and weapons; and other noteworthy aspects of conflict. This is an outstandingly comprehensive reference work o…
"Chretien de Troyes's reference to Macrobius on the art of description is indicative of the link between the vernacular literary tradition of rewriting and the Latin tradition of imitation. Crucial to this study are writings that bridge the span between elementary school exercis…
"Chretien de Troyes's reference to Macrobius on the art of description is indicative of the link between the vernacular literary tradition of rewriting and the Latin tradition of imitation. Crucial to this study are writings that bridge the span between elementary school exercis…
by Burgess, Glyn S., Kelly, Douglas
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First English translation of an important twelfth-century romance, giving an account of the Trojan war and its consequences
by Burgess, Glyn S., (Glyn Sheridan), Kelly, Douglas, Benoît,, de Sainte-More
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Benoît de Sainte-Maure's <I>Roman de Troie</I>, dating to around 1165, is, along with the <I>Roman de Thèbes</I> and the <I>Roman d'Eneas</I>, one of the three "romances of antiquity" (<I>romans d'antiquité</I>). These romances launched the plots, themes and structures of the ge…
