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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... poem , especially for a Victorian society much taken with religion and the afterlife . Stanza 6 echoes Virgilian phrasing ; the ' Universal Mind ' underlying ' Universal Nature ' recalls Anchises ' account of the Stoic pneuma infused ...
... poem , especially for a Victorian society much taken with religion and the afterlife . Stanza 6 echoes Virgilian phrasing ; the ' Universal Mind ' underlying ' Universal Nature ' recalls Anchises ' account of the Stoic pneuma infused ...
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... poem under the title Sanabil el Nar [ The ( Wheat ) Ears of Fire ] . In this poem , dated 9.2.1974 , the image of fire embraces the essence of the meaning as well as the external form itself . The poem deals with the theme of love ...
... poem under the title Sanabil el Nar [ The ( Wheat ) Ears of Fire ] . In this poem , dated 9.2.1974 , the image of fire embraces the essence of the meaning as well as the external form itself . The poem deals with the theme of love ...
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... poem of the war ' , beautifully illustrates Rosenberg's use of Homer . Fussell comments that ' Break of Day ' is ' partly a great poem because it is a great traditional poem ' ( 2000 : 250 ) . Among the poem's traditional elements , the ...
... poem of the war ' , beautifully illustrates Rosenberg's use of Homer . Fussell comments that ' Break of Day ' is ' partly a great poem because it is a great traditional poem ' ( 2000 : 250 ) . Among the poem's traditional elements , the ...
Contents
Reception and Tradition | 13 |
The Ancient Reception of Homer | 26 |
Achaemenid Persia Ancient | 50 |
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