Mnemosyne, Supplements

Monographs on Greek and Latin Language and Literature

Edited by G.J. Boter (Free University Amsterdam), A. Chaniotis (Oxford), K.M. Coleman (Harvard), I.J.F. de Jong (University of Amsterdam), T. Reinhardt (Oxford)

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0169-8958
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€96.00$133.00
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351
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ISBN13:
9789004233188
Images of Eternal Beauty in Funerary Verse Inscriptions of the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman Periods
Andrzej Wypustek, University of Wrocław
In The Privileges of Death: Images of Immortality in Verse Inscriptions of the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman Periods Andrzej Wypustek provides a study of various forms of poetic heroization that became increasingly widespread in Greek funerary epigram in the 1st-3rd centuries AD.
€161.00$221.00
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MNS
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350
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ISBN13:
9789004231672
Aesthetic Value in Classical Antiquity
Thinking about sensory experiences and evaluating human artifacts is an important part of Western European cultural and intellectual history. This book investigates from different perspectives the origins of this practice and the rich discourse of aesthetic value in classical antiquity.
€90.00$125.00
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349
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ISBN13:
9789004231917
The Julio-Claudian Succession
Edited by A.G.G.Gibson, University of St Andrews
The representation, and retention, of power was a critical issue for the princeps and his subjects, and the contributors provide fresh political and literary analysis of aspects of the principates of Augustus, Tiberius Claudius and Nero.
€221.00$307.00
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MNS
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348
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ISBN13:
9789004224377
Xenophon: Ethical Principles and Historical Enquiry
Edited by Fiona Hobden and Christopher Tuplin
The fourth century author Xenophon -- historian, philosopher, man of action – produced an output notable for diversity of content and consistency of moral outlook. This book explores some of the ethical and historical dimensions of this oeuvre.
€165.00$226.00
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347
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ISBN13:
9789004224353
Religion and Social Transformations in Cyprus
Giorgos Papantoniou, Trinity College, Dublin
By focusing on religion, this monograph represents the first extended attempt to explore how the socio-cultural infrastructure of Cyprus was affected by the transition from segmented administration by many Cypriot kings to the island-wide government by a foreign Ptolemaic correspondent.
€90.00$125.00
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346
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ISBN13:
9789004233089
Parthenope, The Interplay of Ideas in Vergilian Bucolic
Gregson Davis, New York University
The poet-herdsmen of Vergil’s Eclogues employ differing strategies for coping with acute loss, whether external (e.g. land dispossession) or internal (amatory rejection). The interplay of ideas latent in several of their songs is typically framed in terms of Epicurean concepts.
€99.00$136.00
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345
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ISBN13:
9789004229044
Tacitus the Epic Successor
Timothy A. Joseph, The College of the Holy Cross
This book considers the Roman historian Tacitus’ (c. 55 – c. 120 C.E.) use of the language and narrative techniques of the epic poets, in particular Virgil and Lucan, for his presentation of the Roman civil wars of 68–70 C.E. in the Histories.
€94.00$129.00
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344
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ISBN13:
9789004229037
The Use of Anonymous Characters in Greek Tragedy
Florence Yoon, University of British Columbia
This book examines the substantial role played by invented anonymous figures in the transformation of traditional mythological heroes into the unique dramatic characters of Greek Tragedy.
€99.00$136.00
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MNS
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343
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ISBN13:
9789004230200
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Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica
Calum Alasdair Maciver
This book, the first monograph in English on Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica in over a century, offers a comprehensive study of the poem's poetics and narrative, with a specific focus on the interaction between its Homeric intertextuality and Late Antique influences.
€133.00$182.00
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MNS
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342
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ISBN13:
9789004229112
Processes of Integration and Identity Formation in the Roman Republic
Edited by S.T. Roselaar
This book focuses on day-to-day interactions between Romans and Italians interacted, and the consequences of such interactions. Drawing on new archaeological evidence, literary and epigraphic material, it presents the current state of research on integration and identity formation in the Republic.
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