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Heretical Hellenism Heretical Hellenism Shanyn Fiske "The prevailing assumption regarding the Victorians' relationship to ancient Greece is that Greek knowledge constituted an exclusive discourse within elite male domains. Heretical Hellenism: Women Wr… OL11938188W
La Parola Formativa La Parola Formativa Elsa Maria Bruni Il viaggio attaverso la civiltà greca percorre inevitabilmente i sentieri della oralità quale dimensione della comunicazione e dell'educazione. Di qui, la necessità di considerare la forte incidenza … OL16610191W
Politische Geschichte (Provinzen und Randvölker: Mesopotamien, Armenien, Iran, Südarabien, Rom und … Politische Geschichte (Provinzen und Randvölker: Mesopotamien, Armenien, Iran, Südarabien, Rom und … Hildegard Temporini,Wolfgang Haase 2 volumes : 25 cm OL18820010W
Light from the Gentiles Light from the Gentiles Abraham J. Malherbe Rather than viewing the Graeco-Roman world as the "background" against which early Christian texts should be read, Abraham J. Malherbe saw the ancient Mediterranean world as a rich ecology of diverse… OL20957469W
The gospels and Homer The gospels and Homer Dennis Ronald MacDonald "In The Gospels and Homer MacDonald leads readers through Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, highlighting models that the authors of the Gospel of Mark and Luke-Acts may have imitated for their portra… OL20973696W
Erôs and the Polis Erôs and the Polis Ed Sanders Arising out of a conference on ‘Erôs in Ancient Greece’, the articles in this volume share a historicizing approach to the conventions and expectations of erôs in the context of the polis, in the Arc… OL23498641W
Greek Literature and the Roman Empire Greek Literature and the Roman Empire Tim Whitmarsh xiv, 377 p. ; 22 cm OL6030703W
Moralia Moralia Plutarch The Moralia of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea is an eclectic collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They provide insights into Roman and Greek life, but often are also… OL723491W
Simone Weil's Apologetic Use of Literature Simone Weil's Apologetic Use of Literature Marie Cabaud Meaney Marie Cabaud Meaney looks at Simone Weil's Christological interpretations of the Sophoclean Antigone and Electra, the Iliad and Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound. Apart from her article on the Iliad, Weil'… OL9332293W
The Cast of Character The Cast of Character Nancy Worman "Well before Aristotle's Rhetoric elucidated the elements of verbal style that give writing its persuasive power, Greek poets and prose authors understood the importance of style in creating compelli… OL9380112W