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Cassandra and the Poetics of Prophecy in Greek and Latin Literature
Language: en
Pages: 279
Authors: Emily J. Pillinger
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-04-11 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Using insights from translation theory, this book uncovers the value of female prophets' riddling prophecies in Greek and Latin poetry.
Cassandra and the Poetics of Prophecy in Greek and Latin Literature
Language: en
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Authors: Emily J. Pillinger
Categories: LITERARY CRITICISM
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher:

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This book explores the miscommunications of the prophet Cassandra - cursed to prophesy the truth but never to be understood until too late - in Greek and Latin
Latin Poetry in the Ancient Greek Novels
Language: en
Pages: 416
Authors: Daniel Jolowicz
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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"This work establishes and explores connections between Greek imperial literature and Latin poetry. As such, it challenges conventional thinking about literary
Epic Performances from the Middle Ages Into the Twenty-first Century
Language: en
Pages: 666
Authors: Fiona Macintosh
Categories: Drama
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Greek and Roman epic poetry has always provided creative artists with a rich storehouse of themes: this volume is the first systematic attempt to chart its afte
Structures of Epic Poetry
Language: en
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Authors: Christiane Reitz
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-16 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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This compendium (4 vols.) studies the continuity, flexibility, and variation of structural elements in epic narratives. It provides an overview of the structura