Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 97: Greece in Rome - Influence, Integration, Resistance (Hardcover)

Volume 97 of "Harvard Studies in Classical Philology "is a special issue, entitled "Greece in Rome," comprising revised versions of papers presented at a Loeb Classical Conference on the question of the Greek influence on Roman culture, with a particular though not exclusive emphasis on the Augustan period. The papers reflect the complexity of the relationship between the cultures involved--Greek, Roman, and Italic--and span many fields: history, literature, philosophy, linguistics, religion, and the visual arts. Contributors include: G. W. Bowersock, "The Barbarism of the Greeks"; John Scheid, ""Graeco Ritu: "A Typically Roman Way of Honoring the Gods"; Calvert Watkins, "Greece in Italy outside Rome"; Gisela Striker, "Cicero and Greek Philosophy"; Brad Inwood, "Seneca in His Philosophical Milieu"; Bettina Bergmann, "Greek Masterpieces and Roman Recreative Fictions"; Elaine K. Gazda, "Roman Sculpture and the Ethos of Emulation: Reconsidering Repetition"; Ann Kuttner, "Republican Rome Looks at Pergamon"; Cynthia Damon, "Greek Parasites and Roman Patronage"; Richard F. Thomas, ""Vestigia Ruris: "Urbane Rusticity in Virgil's "Georgics""; R. J. Tarrant, "Greek and Roman in Seneca's Tragedies"; Christopher P. Jones, ""Graia Pandetur ab Urbe"; "Albert Henrichs, ""Graecia Capta: "Roman Views of Greek Culture"; and Sarolta A. Takacs, "Alexandria in Rome."

General

Imprint:	Harvard Department Of The Classics
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Harvard Studies in Classical Philology
Release date:	May 1998
First published:	May 1998
Editors:	Charles Segal
Dimensions:	213 x 141 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-37945-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General
LSN:	0-674-37945-4
Barcode:	9780674379459

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