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Epic and History
Kurt A. Raaflaub
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David Konstan
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9781405193078
With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry.
The ...
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A Companion to Ovid
Peter E. Knox
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9781405141833
A Companion to Ovid is a comprehensive overview of one of the most influential poets of classical antiquity.
Features more than 30 newly commissioned chapters by noted scholars writing in their areas of specialization
Illuminates ...
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Catullus
Julia Haig Gaisser
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9781405118897
Catullus is one of the liveliest and most appealing Roman poets. His emotion, charm, and apparent spontaneity resonate with readers as strongly today as in antiquity. This sophisticated literary and historical introduction bringsCatullus to life ......
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Big Screen Rome
Monica Silveira Cyrino
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9781405116831
Big Screen Rome is the first systematic survey of the most important and popular films from the past half century that reconstruct the image of Roman antiquity. The first systematic survey of the most important and popular recent films about Roman ...
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Ancient Rome and Modern America
Margaret Malamud
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9781405139335
Ancient Rome and Modern America explores the vital role the narratives and images of Rome have played in America’s understanding of itself and its history.
Places America’s response to Rome in a historical context, from the ...
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Petronius
Jonathan Prag
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Ian Repath
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9781405156875
Petronius: A Handbook unravels the mysteries of the Satyrica, one of the greatest literary works that antiquity has bequeathed to the modern world. Includes a dozen original essays by a team of leading Petronius and Roman history scholars Features ...
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Antiquity and Modernity
Neville Morley
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9781405131391
The nature, faults and future of modern civilization and how these connect to the past are tackled in this broad-reaching volume.
Presents a study of modernity that examines classical influences
Incorporates political, economic, social, and ...
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Troy
Martin M. Winkler
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9781405131827
This is the first book systematically to examine Wolfgang Petersen’s epic film Troy from different archaeological, literary, cultural, and cinematic perspectives . The first book systematically to examine Wolfgang Petersen’s epic film ...
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