Books

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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
The Cambridge companion to Tacitus The Cambridge companion to Tacitus A. J. Woodman "Tacitus is universally recognised as ancient Rome's greatest writer of history, and his account of the Roman Empire in the first century AD has been fundamental in shaping the modern perception of R… OL19833011W
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
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
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
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