Ovid in China : Reception, Translation, and Comparison /

Ovid in China offers a fresh look at an ancient Roman author in a Chinese context and often from a Chinese perspective. The seventeen essays in this volume, by a group of international scholars, examine Ovid's interaction with China in a broad historical context, including the arrival of Christ...

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Other Authors: Sienkewicz, Thomas J. (Editor), Liu, Jinyu (Editor)

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Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022.

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