Author: Samuel Edward Winbolt
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Category : Hexameter
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Author: Ingo Zissos Andrew Gildenhard
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ISBN: 9781013286513
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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This extract from Ovid's 'Theban History' recounts the confrontation of Pentheus, king of Thebes, with his divine cousin, Bacchus, the god of wine. Notwithstanding the warnings of the seer Tiresias and the cautionary tale of a character Acoetes (perhaps Bacchus in disguise), who tells of how the god once transformed a group of blasphemous sailors into dolphins, Pentheus refuses to acknowledge the divinity of Bacchus or allow his worship at Thebes. Enraged, yet curious to witness the orgiastic rites of the nascent cult, Pentheus conceals himself in a grove on Mt. Cithaeron near the locus of the ceremonies. But in the course of the rites he is spotted by the female participants who rush upon him in a delusional frenzy, his mother and sisters in the vanguard, and tear him limb from limb.The episode abounds in themes of abiding interest, not least the clash between the authoritarian personality of Pentheus, who embodies 'law and order', masculine prowess, and the martial ethos of his city, and Bacchus, a somewhat effeminate god of orgiastic excess, who revels in the delusional and the deceptive, the transgression of boundaries, and the blurring of gender distinctions.This course book offers a wide-ranging introduction, the original Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and an extensive commentary. Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, Gildenhard and Zissos's incisive commentary will be of particular interest to students of Latin at AS and undergraduate level. It extends beyond detailed linguistic analysis to encourage critical engagement with Ovid's poetry and discussion of the most recent scholarly thought. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Author: David J. Califf
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 0857287591
Category : Latin language
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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Author: Clive Brooks
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Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 346

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This book and CD enables students to read Latin poetry aloud with confidence.

Author: Thomas Stewart Omond
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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Author: Patrick S. Casserly
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Category : Latin language
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Author: William Hardy Alexander
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82

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Author: W. Sidney Allen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521379366
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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This is a reissue of the second edition of a book on the pronunciation of Latin in Rome in the Golden Age. It has a section of supplementary notes which deal with subsequent developments in the subject. The author has also added an appendix on the names of the letters of the Latin alphabet.

Author: Joe Park Poe
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Category : Caesura in versification
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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