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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Patterns of redemption in Virgil's Georgics Patterns of redemption in Virgil's Georgics Llewelyn Morgan x, 255 p. ; 23 cm OL1978049W
Art and rhetoric in Roman culture Art and rhetoric in Roman culture Jaś Elsner "Rhetoric was fundamental to education and to cultural aspiration in the Greek and Roman worlds. It was one of the key aspects of antiquity that slipped under the line between the ancient world and C… OL20957900W
Le Brutus de Cicéron Le Brutus de Cicéron Charles Guérin,Sophie Aubert-Baillot "Cicero's dialogue Brutus offers a history of Roman eloquence from its origins and Greek roots up to the time of the work's composition (46 BC) in the late Republic. It forms part of Cicero's respons… OL23189960W
Wrogowie porządku rzymskiego Wrogowie porządku rzymskiego Michał Stachura "Wrogowie porządku rzymskiego mogą być definiowani jako ci, wobec których cesarze rzymscy w swoich ustawach przywoływali swoistą, agresywną retorykę, charakterystyczną dla języka ustaw późnoantycznyc… OL24309284W
The Artistry of the Homeric Simile The Artistry of the Homeric Simile William C. Scott Scott examines the nature of the simile in Homeric work and its inseparability from the oral tradition. OL2929427W
The Oral Nature of the Homeric Simile The Oral Nature of the Homeric Simile William C. Scott This work, by Dartmouth Professor Emeritus William Scott, centers on Homer's similes as compositions derived from, and dependent on, an oral tradition. OL2929431W
Detailstudien zur Fakten- und Theoriegeschichte der europäischen Rhetorik Detailstudien zur Fakten- und Theoriegeschichte der europäischen Rhetorik Argyri G. Karanasiou,Peter Riemer,Norbert Gutenberg Die Entwicklung der europäischen Rhetorik ist gekennzeichnet von Konvergenz und Divergenz. In Momentaufnahmen stellen Autorinnen und Autoren in diesem Band renommierte Rhetoren vor und analysieren de… OL32609495W
Archery at the Dark of the Moon Archery at the Dark of the Moon Norman Austin A very important book for the serious student of Homer, the great Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. The author is a classics professor with a fine writing style and a very stimulating … OL3953924W
Spectator politics Spectator politics Niall W. Slater "Spectator Politics is the first major study of metatheatre, or theatrically self-conscious performance, in Aristophanes. Using reception-based performance criticism, Niall Slater elucidates the comi… OL4803080W
The making of Homeric verse The making of Homeric verse Milman Parry lxii, 483 p., 2 plates. 24 cm OL4968731W
Γοργίας Γοργίας Πλάτων There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have followed ever since. Foll… OL51785W
Mythical and Legendary Narrative in Ovid's Fasti (Mnemosyne Mythical and Legendary Narrative in Ovid's Fasti (Mnemosyne Paul Murgatroyd This book analyses the mythical and legendary narratives in Ovid's Fasti as narrative and concentrates on the neglected literary aspects of these stories. It combines traditional tools of literary cr… OL5737681W
Staged narrative Staged narrative Barrett, James "The messenger who reports important action that has occurred offstage is a familiar inhabitant of Greek tragedy. A messenger informs us about the death of Jocasta and the blinding of Oedipus, the ma… OL6208840W
Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres Adam Smith This edition of John M. Lothian{u2019}s transcription of an almost com{u00AD}plete set of a student{u2019}s notes on Smith{u2019}s lectures given at the University of Glasgow in 1762{u2013}63 brings … OL76822W
Paul's True Rhetoric Paul's True Rhetoric Mark D. Given "In Paul's True Rhetoric, Mark Given argues that Paul's rhetorical strategies in Acts and his letters display intentional ambiguity, cunning, and deception, and make him vulnerable to the charge that… OL8873939W