The theatre of justice : aspects of performance in Greco-Roman oratory and rhetoric /
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The Theatre of Justice contains 17 chapters that offer a holistic view of performance in Greek and Roman oratorical and political contexts. This holistic view consists of the examination of two areas of techniques. The first one relates to the delivery of speeches and texts: gesticulation, facial expressions and vocal communication. The second area includes a wide diversity of techniques that aim at forging a rapport between the speaker and the audience, such as emotions, language and style, vivid imagery and the depiction of characters. In this way the volume develops a better understanding of the objectives of public speaking, the mechanisms of persuasion, and the extent to which performance determined the outcome of judicial and political contests.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004341876 :
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Rewriting the ancient world : Greeks, Romans, Jews and Christians in modern popular fiction /
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Rewriting the Ancient World looks at how and why the ancient world, including not only the Greeks and Romans, but also Jews and Christians, has been rewritten in popular fictions of the modern world. The fascination that ancient society holds for later periods in the Western world is as noticeable in popular fiction as it is in other media, for there is a vast body of work either set in, or interacting with, classical models, themes and societies. These works of popular fiction encompass a very wide range of society, and the examination of the interaction between these books and the world of classics provides a fascinating study of both popular culture and example of classical reception.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004346383 :
2212-9405 ; :
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Code-switching with the gods : the bilingual (Old Coptic-Greek) spells of PGM IV (P. Bibliotheque Nationale Supplement Grec. 574) and their linguistic, religious, and socio-cultural context in Late Roman...
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xvii, 364 pages, 10 pages of plates (partly folded) : illustrations ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-355) and indexes. :
9783110461138
3110461137
Heroic measures : Hippocratic medicine in the making of Euripidean tragedy /
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This book demonstrates the importance of Greek medical thought in the work of Euripides. The first part of the book argues for the significance of the healing figure in Euripidean drama, while the second part analyzes the role of traditional and rationalist healing strategies in the construction of Euripidean plots and arguments. The work will be of interest to those pursuing studies in Greek drama, Greek intellectual history and Greek medicine.
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1 online resource (x, 229 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-209) and indexes. :
9789047405955 :
0925-1421 ; :
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The Greek world of Apuleius : Apuleius and the second sophistic /
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The first three chapters of this book elucidate the scholastic goals of both classical cultures during the Roman Imperial period. Apuleius' works share the stage in these chapters with representatives of the second-century Greek cultural paradigm. They define patterns of discourse and fit selected examples of analogous Apuleian strategies into the broader cultural framework. Subsequent chapters focus closely on the complete Apuleian corpus under the general headings of Apuleius in the roles of orator, philosopher and novelist. Two of Apuleius' philosophical works and his novel the Golden Ass provide an unparalleled opportunity to analyze the methods of translation and adaptation employed by the major Latin writer of the second half of the second century.
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1 online resource (x, 276 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and indexes. :
9789004330320 :
0169-8958 ; :
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The living universe : gods and men in Virgil's Aeneid /
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Also published Dunedin : University of Otago Press, 1976.
New Zealand author.
Includes indexes. :
1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-216). :
9789004327634 :
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