Dracontius Orestes

Author : Paul Roche
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100082084X
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dracontius’ Orestes written by Paul Roche and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first English translation of Dracontius’ Orestes, a Latin poem from Vandal North Africa that tells the mythic story of the cycle of murder and vengeance suffered by the family of Agamemnon. This book provides the reader with a highly accurate and readable English translation of the Orestes, which is accessible for both scholarly and non-scholarly readers; it is accompanied by a full introduction and notes. The introduction discusses the literary, educational and rhetorical culture of Vandal North Africa, as well as the most important literary aspects of the Orestes including its major themes, the main literary influences upon it and its structure and style. Roche also includes a biography of Dracontius and examines the Orestes’ relationship to his other poetry, to his Christianity and to the Vandals. The notes explain all important allusions to earlier literature, they highlight themes and issues raised by each section of the poem, and they provide a comprehensive overview of each section of the work so that all readers can understand and appreciate the Orestes against the backdrop of ancient and late-antique literature. Dracontius’ Orestes is of interest to students and scholars of ancient literature, especially the Latin poetry of late antiquity, ancient epics, the reception of tragedy and comparative literature. It is also suitable for scholars of late antiquity and the general reader interested in the ancient world more broadly.

Author : Blossius Aemilius Dracontius
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781003227786
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dracontius' Orestes written by Blossius Aemilius Dracontius and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the first English translation of Dracontius' Orestes: a Latin poem from Vandal North Africa that tells the mythic story of the cycle of murder and vengeance suffered by the family of Agamemnon. This book provides the reader with a highly accurate and readable English translation of the Orestes, which is accessible for both scholarly and non-scholarly readers; it is accompanied by a full introduction and notes. The introduction discusses the literary, educational, and rhetorical culture of Vandal North Africa, as well as the most important literary aspects of the Orestes including its major themes, the main literary influences upon it, its structure, and style. Roche also includes a biography of Dracontius and examines the Orestes' relationship to his other poetry, his Christianity, and to the Vandals. The notes explain all important allusions to earlier literature; they highlight themes and issues raised by each section of the poem; and they provide a comprehensive overview of each section of the work so that all readers can understand and appreciate the Orestes against the backdrop of ancient and late-antique literature. Dracontius' Orestes is of interest to students and scholars of ancient literature, especially the Latin poetry of late antiquity, ancient epic, the reception of tragedy and comparative literature. It is also suitable for scholars of late antiquity and the general reader interested in the ancient world more broadly"--

Author : Anna Maria Wasyl
Publisher : Wydawnictwo UJ
ISBN 13 : 8323330891
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Genres Rediscovered written by Anna Maria Wasyl and published by Wydawnictwo UJ. This book was released on 2011 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reader of the epyllion by Dracontius, the elegy by Maximianus, and the epigram by Luxorius should not expect that these works--and these new embodiments of the 'old' genres--will be wholly identical with their 'archetypes'. Were it so, it would mean that we read but second-rate versifiers, indeed. We may expect rather that thanks to the reading of Dracontius's epyllion, Maximianus's elegy, and Luxorius's epigram our understanding of these very genres may become fuller and deeper than if it was narrowed only to the study of the 'classical phase' of the Roman literature. Therefore, I have decided to employ in the title of my book the expression genres rediscovered. I have found it fair to emphasize that the poets whose works have been studied here merit appreciation for their creativity, and indeed courage, in reusing and reinterpreting the classical--and truly classic--literary heritage. In addition, I have found it similarly fair to stress that for the students of Latin literature the borderline between the 'classical' and the 'post-classical' is, and should be, flexible. It is not my intention of course to imply that aesthetic and poetological differences should be ignored or blurred. Quite the reverse, these differences are profound and multidimensional and as such must be properly understood and explained. The main issue is the fact that studies of Latin literature--or rather of literature in general - and especially generic studies require a proper, i.e. diachronic, perspective. A description of a certain genre based merely on its most important or generally known representative/representatives will always risk becoming incomplete and limited. In genology, one must be utterly prudent in defining the 'main' and the 'marginal', the 'relevant' and the 'negligible'. In this sense, an insight into a few genres practiced by some 'classical'--and classic--Roman poets from the perspective of their 'post-classical' followers may be, also for a genologist, an intriguing rediscovery.

Author : Blossius Aemilius Dracontius
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781019741603
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orestis Tragoedia written by Blossius Aemilius Dracontius and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a classic tragedy by the ancient Roman poet Blossius Aemilius Dracontius, recounting the story of Orestes and the ancient curse that plagues his family. The book offers a stirring and profound exploration of themes like family, honor, revenge, and fate, making it an enduring literary masterpiece that still resonates today. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Danuta Shanzer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520097162
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Philosophical and Literary Commentary on Martianus Capella's De Nuptiis Philologiae Et Mercurii written by Danuta Shanzer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elizabeth Muir Tyler
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442640723
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book England in Europe written by Elizabeth Muir Tyler and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Princeton University. Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 2000-2999, Language and literature written by Princeton University. Library and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Princeton University. Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
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Download or read book Classified List written by Princeton University. Library and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Miroslav Marcovich
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004086005
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alcestis Barcinonensis written by Miroslav Marcovich and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : S. P. Oakley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198848730
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies on the Transmission of Latin Texts written by S. P. Oakley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-25 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volumes offers a study of all known manuscripts and incunabular editions of four classical texts: Vitruvius' De architectura, Cato's De agri cultura, Varro's De re rustica, Porphyrio's Commentary on Horace, and Priscian's Periegesis. The total number of witnesses involved comes to over 200; many of the manuscripts were produced in France or Italy, but English, German, Polish, and Swiss manuscripts also feature. For each text, the genealogical affiliations of its manuscript copies are determined (in many cases for the first time), as is the manner in which each was dispersed throughout medieval Europe and transmitted from antiquity through the Middle Ages to the first printed editions. S. P. Oakley shows that clear and decisive results can be achieved by application of the so-called stemmatic method and establishes which manuscripts future editors should use in editing these texts. Manuscripts that are not needed by future editors are discussed as fully as those that are, and many localizations and derivations are established. The result is a detailed study that deepens knowledge of the transmission of classical Latin texts, especially in the Renaissance, of scribal practice, and of techniques that can be deployed in the genealogical study of manuscripts and incunables.