Estas palabras, escritas por un hombre que espera a su hijo en un rincón perdido del Egeo, son el testimonio vívido y consciente de un escritor con sensibilidad humanística y gran conocimiento de Grecia: una insólita reflexión junto al mar sobre la singularidad y la magia de la lengua griega como exégesis del mundo; un libro heterodoxo y profundo; un relato poético y vibrante que, sin duda, cambiará en el lector su visión del lenguaje, de la historia de los griegos e, incluso, de la propia historia de la civilización.
This volume offers a broad introduction to one of the most exciting chapters of Late Antiquity through direct testimony from one of the last representatives of Roman Antiquity, Ausonius of Bordeaux, and his radical Christian protege, the populist bishop and experimental poet Paulinus of Nola.
This volume offers a broad introduction to one of the most exciting chapters of Late Antiquity through direct testimony from one of the last representatives of Roman Antiquity, Ausonius of Bordeaux, and his radical Christian protege, the populist bishop and experimental poet Paulinus of Nola.
This new translation brings to life Prudentius' Psychomachia, one of the most widely read poems in western Europe from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance.
This new translation brings to life Prudentius' Psychomachia, one of the most widely read poems in western Europe from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance.
Between 2010 and 2017, Canada experienced an efflorescence of Greek tragedy, led by independent Montreal theatre company Scapegoat Carnivale's energetic performances of Euripides's Medea and Bacchae and Sophocles's Oedipus Tyrannus.
Embark on a profound intellectual journey with "e;Plato: The Complete Works,"e; a comprehensive collection of the timeless philosophical inquiries by one of the founding figures in Western philosophy.
Delve into the world of timeless wisdom and enchanting storytelling with "e;Aesop's Fables,"e; a beloved collection of short tales that have entertained and educated generations of readers.
The stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece are sprawling, dramatic and wonderfully strange; their lives intertwine with mortals and their behaviours fluctuate wildly from benevolent to violent, from didactic to fickle, from loving to enraged.
The origins of satyr drama, and particularly the reliability of the account in Aristotle, remains contested, and several of this volume's contributions try to make sense of the early relationship of satyr drama to dithyramb and attempt to place satyr drama in the pre-Classical performance space and traditions.