''Owls to Athens'' - Essays on Classical Subjects for Sir Kenneth Dover

Zusatztext 'If one's mind can seem like a desert when the question of contributing to such a volume arises! it can easily feel spoilt for choice in contemplating the product of so distinguished a collective. The Pieces ... will take their place in the professional literature of their subjects! to go on being quoted! some ... for a very long time.'E.W. Handley! Trinity College! Cambridge! The Classical Review! Vol. XLIII! No. 1! 1993 Klappentext In this seventieth-birthday tribute to renowned Greek scholar Sir Kenneth Dover, a diverse group of his former pupils and colleagues contribute a selection of essays, on topics ranging from drama and poetry to history, society, art, language, metre, rhythm, texts, and scholars. The contributors include Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones, D.A. Russell, R.G.M. Nisbet, D.M. Lewis, A. Andrews, I. Kidd, M.L. West, and D.M. MacDowell, among others. Zusammenfassung This volume contains essays on Greek literature, especially Old Comedy, contributed by Sir Kenneth Dover's colleagues and former pupils in honour of his 70th birthday. Inhaltsverzeichnis Tabula Gratulatoria; List of figures; Drama; Other poetry; History beliefs, society and art; Language, metre and rhythm; Texts and scholars (42 essays on the above topics in all by many different scholars); Publications of Kenneth Dover

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• Authors: E. M. Craik, E. M. (Senior Lecturer in Greek Craik, Elizabeth M. Craik
• Assisted by: E M Craik (Editor), E. M. Craik (Editor), Elizabeth M Craik (Editor), Elizabeth M. Craik (Editor), Craik E. M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.05.1990
• EAN: 9780198144786
• ISBN: 978-0-19-814478-6
• No. of pages: 430
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval