A Companion to Classical ReceptionsLorna Hardwick, Christopher Stray Examining the profusion of ways in which the arts, culture, and thought of Greece and Rome have been transmitted, interpreted, adapted and used, A Companion to Classical Receptions explores the impact of this phenomenon on both ancient and later societies.
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... party is being presented by a minor character as narrator , describing an event at third hand some fifteen years after its presumed dramatic date ( ' he told me he said ... ' etc ) . Despite ( because of ? ) the complexity of narrative ...
... party is being presented by a minor character as narrator , describing an event at third hand some fifteen years after its presumed dramatic date ( ' he told me he said ... ' etc ) . Despite ( because of ? ) the complexity of narrative ...
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... party . It is easy to see how humane concern for the welfare of one's fellow beings could ease the transition to greater collectivism . Furthermore , Gladstone's vision of a concert of powers enforcing standards of humanity against ...
... party . It is easy to see how humane concern for the welfare of one's fellow beings could ease the transition to greater collectivism . Furthermore , Gladstone's vision of a concert of powers enforcing standards of humanity against ...
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... party , and never was anyone so witty as His Majesty . Cacambo interpreted the King's witticisms to Candide , who found them still witty in translation , a point which surprised him as much as anything he heard or saw . Voltaire ...
... party , and never was anyone so witty as His Majesty . Cacambo interpreted the King's witticisms to Candide , who found them still witty in translation , a point which surprised him as much as anything he heard or saw . Voltaire ...
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Reception and Tradition | 13 |
The Ancient Reception of Homer | 26 |
Achaemenid Persia Ancient | 50 |
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