Wisdom in Loose Form - Language of Egyptian and Greek Proverbs in Collections of Hellenistic

Informationen zum Autor Nikolaos L. Lazaridis , D.Phil. (2005) in Oriental Studies, Merton College, Oxford University, is currently lecturing at the American University in Cairo. He has written extensively on ancient wisdom and cultural interaction including The Challenge of Producing Proverbs in Demotic and Greek (Oxford). Klappentext Drawing on proverbs and proverb-like sentences found in Ancient Egyptian and Greek wisdom collections, this book offers an original insight into the literary production of these two Mediterranean civilizations, comparing their manner of conveying timeless wisdom and reconsidering the status of their cultural contact.

Product details

• Authors: Lazaridis, Nikolaos Lazaridis, Nikolaos L. Lazaridis
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2007
• EAN: 9789004160583
• ISBN: 978-90-0-416058-3
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 248 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements; Mnemosyne, Supplements
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies