Brill s Companion to HerodotusBrill s Companion to Herodotus



Herodotus’ outstanding achievements as a literary figure, intellectual, historian and ethnographer have in recent years come to be appreciated with much greater depth and subtlety.

Author: Egbert J. Bakker

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ISBN: 9789004217584

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Herodotus’ outstanding achievements as a literary figure, intellectual, historian and ethnographer have in recent years come to be appreciated with much greater depth and subtlety. This Companion offers an up-to-date and in-depth overview of current approaches to Herodotus’ remarkable work.

Brill s Companion to Ancient GeographyBrill s Companion to Ancient Geography



Brill's Companion to Ancient Geography is the first collection of studies on historical geography of the ancient world that focuses on topics considered crucial for understanding the development of geographical thought.

Author: Serena Bianchetti

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ISBN: 9789004284715

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Brill's Companion to Ancient Geography is the first collection of studies on historical geography of the ancient world that focuses on topics considered crucial for understanding the development of geographical thought.

Brill s Companion to the Reception of Herodotus in Antiquity and BeyondBrill s Companion to the Reception of Herodotus in Antiquity and Beyond



as a means of understanding the world.4 At the same time, each appears to offer—through their historiographical practices, insofar as these can be discerned in their texts, and especially in the case of Thucydides also through his ...

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ISBN: 9789004299849

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Brill's Companion to the Reception of Herodotus in Antiquity and Beyond examines the reception and cultural transmission of Herodotus' Histories, one of the most controversial and influential texts to have survived from Classical Antiquity, from ancient up to modern times.

Brill s Companion to ThucydidesBrill s Companion to Thucydides



... and Pointing at the Past: From Formula to Performance in Homeric Poetics (2005); he also co-edited Brill's Companion to Herodotus (2002). Luciano Canfora is Professor of Greek and Latin Philology at the University of Bari.

Author: Antonis Tsakmakis

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ISBN: 9789047404842

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With contributions by thirty leading international scholars, this volume offers an up-to-date and in-depth overview of all current approaches to Thucydides’ History.

Brill s Companion to Hellenistic EpigramBrill s Companion to Hellenistic Epigram



“Herodotus and His Sources of Information.” Pp. 373–86 in E. J. Bakker, I. J. F. De Jong, and H. Van Wees, eds. Brill's Companion to Herodotus. Leiden. ——. 2004. Thucydides and Pindar: Historical Narrative and the World of Epinikian ...

Author: Peter Bing

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ISBN: 9789047419402

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An internationally renowned set of experts on epigram offers an introduction, fresh approaches, and new direction to the study of Hellenistic-era epigram by exploring the models, forms, poetology, sub-genera, intertexts, and ancient and modern reception of Hellenistic epigram.

Brill s Companion to SophoclesBrill s Companion to Sophocles



(2002), 'Herodotus and Tragedy', in E.J. Bakker/I.J.F. de Jong/H. van Wees (eds.) (2002), Brill's Companion to Herodotus (Leiden) 117–147. Saisselin, R.G. (1958), 'Bufon, Style, and Gentlemen', TheJournal ofAesthetics and Art ...

Author: Andreas Markantonatos

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ISBN: 9789004217621

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Brill's Companion to Sophocles offers 32 chapters, newly commissioned and written by leading scholars, on Sophocles' life and works, as well as upon the basic historical, social, intellectual, moral, philosophical and religious issues of interest to Sophocles which remain central in the study of Greek tragedy to this day.

Brill s Companion to Apollonius RhodiusBrill s Companion to Apollonius Rhodius



A New Companion to Homer (= Mnemosyne Supplementum vol. 164), Leidem, 55-122. ... “Nachtrag zu Bd. V S. 49ff (Apollonios Rhodios I)”, XPE 6, 76–77. ... F. de Jong–H. van Wees (eds), Brill's Companion to Herodotus, BIBLIOGRAPHY 457.

Author: Theodore D. Papanghelis

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9789004217140

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Page: 495

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This 2nd edition of the Companion to Apollonius Rhodius, comprising now nineteen articles by leading scholars from Europe and America, aims at giving an up-to-date outline of the scholarly discussion in these areas and to provide a survey of recent and current trends in Apollonian studies which will be useful to students of Hellenistic poetry.

Brill s Companion to Ancient Greek Scholarship 2 Vols Brill s Companion to Ancient Greek Scholarship 2 Vols



Boedeker D., 'Epic Heritage and Mythical Patterns in Herodotus', in Brill's Companion to Herodotus, eds. E. G. Bakker, I. J. F. de Jong, H. van Wees (Leiden-Boston 2002) 97–116. Boehm W., Johannes Philoponus, Grammatikos von Alexandrien ...

Author: Franco Montanari

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ISBN: 9789004281929

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Page: 1532

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Brill’s Companion to Ancient Greek Scholarship aims at providing a reference work in the field of ancient Greek and Byzantine scholarship and grammar, thus encompassing the broad and multifaceted philological and linguistic research activity during the entire Greek Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

Brill s Companion to Bodyguards in the Ancient MediterraneanBrill s Companion to Bodyguards in the Ancient Mediterranean



Herodotus thus also uses the term doryphoroi for the armed men who were the guards and henchmen of Greek tyrants (Hdt. 1.59; ... In a conflict- ing account of his views on leadership in Herodotus, however, Periander is reported by the ...

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ISBN: 9789004527683

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Page: 318

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Brill’s Companion to Bodyguards in the Ancient Mediterranean is the first scholarly volume dedicated to examining the political, religious, social and cultural role bodyguards played in civilizations across the ancient Mediterranean world.

Brill s Companion to the Reception of AeschylusBrill s Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus



Both Herodotus and Plutarch were on the mind of Adamantios Koraes (1748– 1833), the well-known expatriate Greek national educationalist at the center of a circle of logioi, whose writings Demetriades likely perused and whose edifying ...

Author: Rebecca Futo Kennedy

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ISBN: 9789004348820

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Page: 654

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Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus explores the various ways Aeschylus’ tragedies have been revisioned and adapted over the last 2500 years, focusing both on his theatrical reception and his reception in other media and genres.