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Between Magic and Religion represents a radical rethinking of
traditional distinctions involving the term 'religion' in the
ancient Greek world and beyond, through late antiquity to the
seventeenth century. The title indicates the fluidity of such
concepts as religion and magic, highlighting the wide variety of
meanings evoked by these shifting terms from ancient to modern
times. The contributors put these meanings to the test, applying a
wide range of methods in exploring the many varieties of available
historical, archaeological, iconographical, and literary evidence.
No reader will ever think of magic and religion the same way after
reading through the findings presented in this book. Both terms
emerge in a new light, with broader applications and deeper
meanings.
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Nine Essays on Homer (Paperback)
Miriam Carlisle, Olga Levaniouk; Foreword by Gregory Nagy; Contributions by Brian W Breed, Mary Ebbott, …
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R1,378
Discovery Miles 13 780
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The essays in this collection addresses questions of intense
interest in Homeric studies today: the questions of performance and
poet-audience interaction, especially as depicted in idealized
performances within the Iliad and the Odyssey; the ways in which
epic incorporates material of diverse genres, such as women's
laments, blame poetry, or folk tales; how the ideological balance
of epic can change and be influenced by 'alternative ideologies'
introduced through the incorporation of new material; the
implications of the continuity of tradition for etymological
studies; and how the traditional nature of epic affects textual
criticism. The essays differ in focus and method, but all share one
fundamental approach to Homer: an understanding of the Homeric
tradition as a poetic system that expresses and preserves what is
culturally important and a view of the Homeric epics as instances
of a cultural tradition which they attempt to explore through the
epics themselves and through the comparative, anthropological, and
linguistic evidence they bring to bear on these texts. A unique
collection that explores Homeric poetry through a variety of tools
and approaches linguistics, philology, cultural anthropology,
sociology, textual criticism, and archeology this volume will be of
interest to all scholars and students of oral poetry and Classical
literature.
Quantum Proofs provides an overview of many of the known results
concerning quantum proofs, computational models based on this
concept, and properties of the complexity classes they define. In
particular, it discusses non-interactive proofs and the complexity
class QMA, single-prover quantum interactive proof systems and the
complexity class QIP, statistical zero-knowledge quantum
interactive proof systems and the complexity class QSZK, and
multiprover interactive proof systems and the complexity classes
QMIP, QMIP*, and MIP*. This book is mainly intended for
non-specialists having a basic background in complexity theory and
quantum information. A typical reader may be a student or
researcher in either area desiring to learn about the fundamentals
of the (actively developing) theory of quantum interactive proofs.
This largely self-contained book on the theory of quantum
information focuses on precise mathematical formulations and proofs
of fundamental facts that form the foundation of the subject. It is
intended for graduate students and researchers in mathematics,
computer science, and theoretical physics seeking to develop a
thorough understanding of key results, proof techniques, and
methodologies that are relevant to a wide range of research topics
within the theory of quantum information and computation. The book
is accessible to readers with an understanding of basic
mathematics, including linear algebra, mathematical analysis, and
probability theory. An introductory chapter summarizes these
necessary mathematical prerequisites, and starting from this
foundation, the book includes clear and complete proofs of all
results it presents. Each subsequent chapter includes challenging
exercises intended to help readers to develop their own skills for
discovering proofs concerning the theory of quantum information.
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