Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval

Die Studie untersucht, welche sozialen Funktionen von Spott und Lachen in Homers Ilias und Odyssee sowie in der Dichtung des fruhgriechischen Iambos begegnen.

Die Studie untersucht, welche sozialen Funktionen von Spott und Lachen in Homers Ilias und Odyssee sowie in der Dichtung des fruhgriechischen Iambos begegnen.

This book presents a novel perspective on long-distance trade in the ancient world that integrates network theory and environmental analysis into our understandings of production, movement and exchange in the so-called Long Classical Millennium (c.

This book presents a novel perspective on long-distance trade in the ancient world that integrates network theory and environmental analysis into our understandings of production, movement and exchange in the so-called Long Classical Millennium (c.

This book reconsiders Iamblichus’ Response to Porphyry, Late Antiquity’s seminal work on theurgy, which is often referred to as De Mysteriis.

This book reconsiders Iamblichus’ Response to Porphyry, Late Antiquity’s seminal work on theurgy, which is often referred to as De Mysteriis.

Medieval Love-Fashioning examines the topic of fin'amor, "e;gentle love"e;, in poetry, verse romances, and prose from the European High and Late Middle Ages.

Medieval Love-Fashioning examines the topic of fin'amor, "e;gentle love"e;, in poetry, verse romances, and prose from the European High and Late Middle Ages.

La desgracia golpea a la familia real de Tebas: el rey Edipo ha sido expulsado y solo su hija Antigona lo acompana en su exilio.

Hera, consumida por los celos, condena a Hercules, hijo ilegitimo de Zeus, a una locura devastadora que lo lleva a cometer un crimen irreparable.

Randfiguren besitzen in der romischen Komodie oft eine zentrale dramaturgische Funktion.

Randfiguren besitzen in der romischen Komodie oft eine zentrale dramaturgische Funktion.

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In After Transformation, Maia Kotrosits offers a lyrical history of Christian late antiquity as it lives on in and with the present.

The formidable talents of Anthony Hecht, one of the most gifted of contemporary American poets, and Helen Bacon, a classical scholar, are here brought to bear on this vibrant translation of Aeschylus' much underrated tragedy The Seven Against Thebes.

This monograph examines the appropriation and ludification of the Germanic heroic tradition in video games as a digital medium, a process that unfolds on the margins of official discourse about the early Middle Ages.

This monograph examines the appropriation and ludification of the Germanic heroic tradition in video games as a digital medium, a process that unfolds on the margins of official discourse about the early Middle Ages.

Caesar's Civil War, the story of the general's contest with the Pompeian party through nineteen months of civil war, is an unfinished masterpiece.

Tras la caida de Troya, Eneas huye de una ciudad reducida a humo y cenizas, obedeciendo el mandato divino: fundar un nuevo imperio lejos de su patria.

Tras la caida de Troya, los vencedores parten hacia sus hogares cargados de tesoros, pero su impiedad provoca la ira de los dioses.

Sentenciado por el oraculo de Delfos a cometer crimenes atroces contra su propia sangre, Edipo es abandonado por sus padres y criado por los reyes de Corinto.

Hijo de la musa Caliope, Orfeo recibe la lira del mismisimo Apolo, convirtiendose en el musico mas prodigioso de la antiguedad.

Bajo el rostro sereno de Apolo, dios de la luz y la musica, late una pasion indomable que amenaza con desbordarse.

En la Edad de Oro, el titan Crono gobierna sobre dioses y mortales, pero vive atormentado por una profecia: sera destronado por su propio hijo, igual que su padre Urano.

Dedalo, el gran arquitecto de Atenas, es celebre por sus obras prodigiosas: edificios que desafian el tiempo, ingenios asombrosos y estatuas que parecen cobrar vida.

This newest volume in a long-running work of mapping the sources of Anglo-Saxon literary culture in England from 500 to 1100 CE takes up one of the most important authors of the period, the eighth-century monk-scholar known as the Venerable Bede.

This book deals with a fascinating and original claim in 16th-century Europe.

Bede is the inaugural volume in the Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture series, which seeks to comprehensively map British literary culture from 500 to 1100 CE.

This book is a new history of early modern gender, told through the lyric poetry of Renaissance Italy.

The Alexiad, written in the twelfth century by a Byzantine princess, Anna Komnene, tells the story of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, offering accounts of its political and military history, including its involvement with the First Crusade.

The volume presents a wide-ranging investigation of the ways in which Petrarch's legacy informed the relationship between visual and literary portraits in sixteenth-century Italy.

In 1680, the poor cottager Mary Herring gave birth to conjoined twins.

Dante's Gluttons: Food and Society from the Convivio to the Comedy explores how the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) uses food to express and condition the social, political, and cultural values of his time.

In 1680, the poor cottager Mary Herring gave birth to conjoined twins.

Bede is the inaugural volume in the Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture series, which seeks to comprehensively map British literary culture from 500 to 1100 CE.

This newest volume in a long-running work of mapping the sources of Anglo-Saxon literary culture in England from 500 to 1100 CE takes up one of the most important authors of the period, the eighth-century monk-scholar known as the Venerable Bede.

The Alexiad, written in the twelfth century by a Byzantine princess, Anna Komnene, tells the story of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, offering accounts of its political and military history, including its involvement with the First Crusade.

Since the mid-1990s, a number of films from international filmmakers have experimented with increasingly complicated narrative strategies-including such hits as Run, Lola, Run, 21 Grams, and Memento.