Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome

Zusatztext these are delightful essays by very intelligent and approachable scholars ... Well worth reading, whether you think you know something about Homer or know you know nothing. Informationen zum Autor Christopher Pelling is Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford. He has worked and published extensively on Classical Greek historiography and biography. Among his numerous publications are Literary Texts and the Greek Historian (2000) and Plutarch and History: Eighteen Studies (2002). Maria Wyke is Professor of Latin at University College London. She has written extensively on Roman love poetry (collected in The Roman Mistress: Ancient and Modern Representations, 2002), on Julius Caesar (Caesar: A Life in Western Culture, 2007, and Caesar in the USA, 2012), and on ancient Rome in cinema (Projecting the Past: Ancient Rome, Cinema and History, 1997). Klappentext Twelve of the greatest voices from ancient Greece and Rome - and why they still inspire and affect us in the 21st century. A book for all readers who want to know more about the literature that underpins Western civilization. Zusammenfassung Twelve of the greatest voices from ancient Greece and Rome - and why they still inspire and affect us in the 21st century. A book for all readers who want to know more about the literature that underpins Western civilization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Homer 2: Sappho 3: Herodotus 4: Euripides 5: Thucydides 6: Plato 7: Caesar 8: Cicero 9: Virgil 10: Horace 11: Juvenal 12: Tacitus Epilogue Index

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• Authors: Christopher Pelling, Christopher (Regius Professor of Greek Pelling, Pelling Christopher, Maria Wyke, Maria (Professor of Latin Wyke, Wyke Maria
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2014
• EAN: 9780199597369
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959736-9
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 224 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory