Author: Marcía L. Colish
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004093270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The Stoic Tradition from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages
Author: Marcía L. Colish
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004093270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004093270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Latin Literature
Author: Gian Biagio Conte
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801862533
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
This history of Latin literature offers a comprehensive survey of the 1000 year period from the origins of Latin as a written language to the early Middle Ages. It offers a wide-ranging panorama of all major Latin authors.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801862533
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
This history of Latin literature offers a comprehensive survey of the 1000 year period from the origins of Latin as a written language to the early Middle Ages. It offers a wide-ranging panorama of all major Latin authors.
Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World
Author: Matthew Dickie
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415311292
Category : Magic, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors and sorceresses in the ancient world. Compelling and revealing in the breadth of evidence employed this will be an essential resource.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415311292
Category : Magic, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors and sorceresses in the ancient world. Compelling and revealing in the breadth of evidence employed this will be an essential resource.
Celestial Inclinations
Author: Anne-Marie Lewis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197599648
Category : Astrology and politics
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
"Celestial Inclinations: A Life of Augustus provides a new perspective on the life and career of the first Roman emperor Augustus (63 B.C.-A.D. 14) and presents the case that Augustus used his knowledge of the celestial sphere in various ways to confirm for himself and convey to others that the heavens supported his activities on earth and his inevitable greatness. The book is based on fresh assessments of relevant ancient historical, literary, astronomical, astrological, and artistic sources for the years prior to and during the life of Augustus. The book combines these sources with astronomical sky maps and astrological diagrams to offer fresh interpretations of critical events in the life of Augustus at a time when the celestial sphere had come to play an important cultural and political role. Topics include the identification of the celestial object that appeared at the ludi in honor of Caesar in 44 B.C.; the Battle of Actium; the iconography of the Tellus Relief Panel on the Ara Pacis Augustae; the Ludi Saeculares; Augustus' major building projects in Rome; and Augustus' interactions with major figures of the period such as Cicero, Caesar, Agrippa, and Antonius"--
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197599648
Category : Astrology and politics
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
"Celestial Inclinations: A Life of Augustus provides a new perspective on the life and career of the first Roman emperor Augustus (63 B.C.-A.D. 14) and presents the case that Augustus used his knowledge of the celestial sphere in various ways to confirm for himself and convey to others that the heavens supported his activities on earth and his inevitable greatness. The book is based on fresh assessments of relevant ancient historical, literary, astronomical, astrological, and artistic sources for the years prior to and during the life of Augustus. The book combines these sources with astronomical sky maps and astrological diagrams to offer fresh interpretations of critical events in the life of Augustus at a time when the celestial sphere had come to play an important cultural and political role. Topics include the identification of the celestial object that appeared at the ludi in honor of Caesar in 44 B.C.; the Battle of Actium; the iconography of the Tellus Relief Panel on the Ara Pacis Augustae; the Ludi Saeculares; Augustus' major building projects in Rome; and Augustus' interactions with major figures of the period such as Cicero, Caesar, Agrippa, and Antonius"--
A Handbook of Latin Literature
Author: Herbert Jennings Rose
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN: 9780865163171
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
This handbook is a study of Latin literature, including not only the classical and post-classical pagan authors, but also a representative selection of the Christian writers down to the death of St. Augustine.
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN: 9780865163171
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
This handbook is a study of Latin literature, including not only the classical and post-classical pagan authors, but also a representative selection of the Christian writers down to the death of St. Augustine.
The Republican period
Author: Wilhelm Sigmund Teuffel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin literature
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin literature
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
A History of Roman Literature: The Republican period
Author: Wilhelm Sigmund Teuffel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin literature
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin literature
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
The republican period.- Vol. 2. The imperial period
Author: Wilhelm Sigmund Teuffel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin literature
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin literature
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
“A Hero Will Endure”: Essays at the Twentieth Anniversary of 'Gladiator'
Author: Rachel L. Carazo
Publisher: Vernon Press
ISBN: 1648896596
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
This volume adds to previous historical and political studies about 'Gladiator' with essays about the movie’s relation to pop culture and contemporary discourses. It not only relates 'Gladiator' to traditional cinema aspects such as heroism, music, acting, studio culture, and visual effects, but it also connects the film to sports, religion, and the environment, expanding the ways in which the film can be evaluated by modern audiences. The volume can be read by individuals or in classroom settings, especially as a recommended text for students studying the ancient world in film.
Publisher: Vernon Press
ISBN: 1648896596
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
This volume adds to previous historical and political studies about 'Gladiator' with essays about the movie’s relation to pop culture and contemporary discourses. It not only relates 'Gladiator' to traditional cinema aspects such as heroism, music, acting, studio culture, and visual effects, but it also connects the film to sports, religion, and the environment, expanding the ways in which the film can be evaluated by modern audiences. The volume can be read by individuals or in classroom settings, especially as a recommended text for students studying the ancient world in film.
Pliny the Elder: The Natural History Book VII (with Book VIII 1-34)
Author: Pliny the Elder
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472521013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Pliny the Elder's Natural History is a vast encyclopaedia, surveying natural phenomena from cosmology to biology, medicine to magic. Direct observation, informed speculation and common knowledge are combined to present a key snapshot of ancient thought and the Romans' perspective on the world around them. Book VII of The Natural History provides a detailed examination of the human animal and is crucial to understanding the work as a whole. In Pliny's eyes, mankind 'for whose sake nature was created', represents the basis for which the natural world was founded and structured. As a result, the book provides valuable insight into the extraordinary complex of ideas and beliefs that were current in Pliny's era. One of the most interesting transitions of subject in The Natural History is that from man to animals (between Books VII and VIII) and for this reason the section on elephants at the beginning of Book VIII is included here, to show how Pliny moves on to his account of the animal he considers 'nearest to the human disposition'. This edition provides the full Latin text accompanied by commentary notes that provide linguistic help and explanations, plus vocabulary lists of Latin terms and an index of proper names. The in-depth introduction provides valuable details about the work's historical, scientific and literary context, as well as an overview of the work's legacy and reception.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472521013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Pliny the Elder's Natural History is a vast encyclopaedia, surveying natural phenomena from cosmology to biology, medicine to magic. Direct observation, informed speculation and common knowledge are combined to present a key snapshot of ancient thought and the Romans' perspective on the world around them. Book VII of The Natural History provides a detailed examination of the human animal and is crucial to understanding the work as a whole. In Pliny's eyes, mankind 'for whose sake nature was created', represents the basis for which the natural world was founded and structured. As a result, the book provides valuable insight into the extraordinary complex of ideas and beliefs that were current in Pliny's era. One of the most interesting transitions of subject in The Natural History is that from man to animals (between Books VII and VIII) and for this reason the section on elephants at the beginning of Book VIII is included here, to show how Pliny moves on to his account of the animal he considers 'nearest to the human disposition'. This edition provides the full Latin text accompanied by commentary notes that provide linguistic help and explanations, plus vocabulary lists of Latin terms and an index of proper names. The in-depth introduction provides valuable details about the work's historical, scientific and literary context, as well as an overview of the work's legacy and reception.