"164" Result
Sort By:
"Madness plays a vital role in many ancient epics: not only do characters go mad, but madness also often occupies a central thematic position in the texts. In this book, Debra Hershkowitz examines from a variety of theoretical angles the representation and poetic function of mad…
This text explores artistic and intellectual expression in the classical world as the self-representation of man. It starts from the premise that the history of classical antiquity as the ancients tell it is a history of men.
This text explores artistic and intellectual expression in the classical world as the self-representation of man. It starts from the premise that the history of classical antiquity as the ancients tell it is a history of men.
This text explores artistic and intellectual expression in the classical world as the self-representation of man. It starts from the premise that the history of classical antiquity as the ancients tell it is a history of men.
"This book deals with political propaganda in classical antiquity, exploring the contexts, strategies, and parameters of a phenomenon that has often been approached with anachronistic models (such as the centrally organized "propaganda machines" of the 20th-century totalitarian …
This book deals with political propoganda in classical antiquity, exploring the contexts, strategies, and parameters of a fascinating phenomenon that has often been approached with anachronistic models (such as the centrally organized 'propaganda machines' of the 20th-century to…
The anonymous Latin Story of Apollonius, King of Tyre (Historia Apollonii regis Tyri) is a romance of adventure, possibly of Greek origins, with Christian elements in its plot. Well known for its important afterlife, including Shakespeare's Pericles, the Story of Apollonius is c…
"The parasite, the flamboyant and ever-hungry character of the Roman stage, had a complicated family tree reaching back to the beggar of the Homeric poems and to the fashionable circles of philosophizing sophists satirized by poets of Old Comedy at Athens. That caricature evolve…
