Language of Ruins - Greek and Latin Inscriptions on the Memnon Colossus

The first critical assessment of all the inscriptions discovered at the Memnon colossus considered in their social, cultural, and historical context.

List of contents

• List of Illustrations and Tables


• Acknowledgments


• Preface


• 1. Reading the Colossus: The Memnon Inscriptions


• 2. Worshipping the Colossus: Sacred Tourism at Thebes


• 3. Talking with the Colossus: The Rhetoric of Address


• 4. Homeric Memnon


• 5. Sapphic Memnon


• 6. Modern Memnon


• Appendices


• Bibliography


• Indexes

About the author

Patricia A. Rosenmeyer is George L. Paddison Professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Summary

The first critical assessment of all the inscriptions discovered at the Memnon colossus considered in their social, cultural, and historical context.

Additional text

The statue of Memnon in Egypt, whose voice, it is said, was heard at sunrise from its absent head, was a popular tourist site under the Empire, and an irresistible opportunity for inscription, ranging from graffiti to literary composition. Rosenmeyer, with charm and skill, follows the many traces of this uncanny story, from ancient to modern times.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia A Rosenmeyer, Patricia A. Rosenmeyer, Patricia A. (George L. Paddison Profes Rosenmeyer, Rosenmeyer Patricia A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780190626310
• ISBN: 978-0-19-062631-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; RELIGION / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, Social & cultural history, Translation & interpretation, Social and cultural history, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology, Translation and interpretation, Egypt; pharaoh