Apocolocyntosis

Author : Shadi Bartsch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107035058
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Seneca written by Shadi Bartsch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-16 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion examines the complete works of Seneca in context and establishes the importance of his legacy in Western thought.

Author : E. J. Kenney
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521210430
Total Pages : 996 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of Classical Literature written by E. J. Kenney and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge History of Classical Literature provides a comprehensive, critical survey of the literature of Greece and Rome from Homer till the Fall of Rome. This is the only modern work of this scope; it embodies the very considerable advances made by recent classical scholarship, and reflects too the increasing sophistication and vigour of critical work on ancient literature. The literature is presented throughout in the context of the culture and the social and hisotircal processes of which it is an integral part. The overall aim is to offer an authoritative work of reference and appraisal for one of the world's greatest continuous literary traditions. The work is divided into two volumes, each with a similar and broadly chronological structure. Among the special features are important introductory chapters by the General Editors on 'Books and Readers', discussing the conditions under which literature was written and read in antiquity. There are also extensive Appendices or Authors and Works giving detailed factual information in a convenient form. Technical annotation is otherwise kept to a minimum, and all quotations in foreign languages are translated.

Author : Petronius
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780674997370
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Satyricon. Apocolocyntosis written by Petronius and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Satyrica, traditionally attributed to the Neronian courtier Petronius, is a comic-picaresque fiction recalling the narrator's adventures in the early imperial demimonde, including Trimalchio's banquet. Apocolocyntosis (Pumpkinification) is a satirical pamphlet lampooning the death and deification of the emperor Claudius.

Author : M. von Albrecht
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004329900
Total Pages : 1864 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Roman Literature (2 vols.) written by M. von Albrecht and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 1864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael von Albrecht's A History of Roman Literature, originally published in German, can rightly be seen as the long awaited counterpart to Albin Lesky's Geschichte der Griechischen Literatur. In what will probably be the last survey made by a single scholar the whole of Latin literature from Livius Andronicus up to Boethius comes to the fore. 'Literature' is taken here in its broad, antique sense, and therefore also includes e.g. rhetoric, philosophy and history. Special attention has been given to the influence of Latin literature on subsequent centuries down to our own days. Extensive indices give access to this monument of learning. The introductions in Von Albrecht's texts, together with the large bibliographies make further study both more fruitful and easy.

Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher : The Floating Press
ISBN 13 : 1775414647
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apocolocyntosis written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist, who also acted as a tutor and adviser to emperor Nero. Attributed to Seneca is this political satire on the Roman emperor Claudius, Apocolocyntosis or The Pumpkinification of Claudius. The title, meaning "Pumpkinification" or "Gourdification" is a play upon "apotheosis", the process of recognizing a dead Roman emperor as a god.

Author : Carole M. Cusack
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004178805
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Retributive Logic written by Carole M. Cusack and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Garry Winston Trompf (b.1940) in his outstanding academic career has inspired scholars in the fields of Stduies in Religion and the History of Ideals. In this volume his collegues and students critique and expand upon the world of this outstanding academic. The book is divided into four parts, Melanesia, Ancient World Studies, Philosophical and Methodological Considerations and Historiography. Authors address Trompf's research in works such as "The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought," "Early Christian Historiography" and themes of Melanesian religion that Trompf address in "Payback." No study in the religions of oceania or ideals of millenialism should ignore this critical assessment of Garry Trompf's work.

Author : Robert Graves
Publisher : Rosetta Books
ISBN 13 : 0795336799
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I, Claudius written by Robert Graves and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the really remarkable books of our day”—the story of the Roman emperor on which the award-winning BBC TV series was based (The New York Times). Once a rather bookish young man with a limp and a stammer, a man who spent most of his time trying to stay away from the danger and risk of the line of ascension, Claudius seemed an unlikely candidate for emperor. Yet, on the death of Caligula, Claudius finds himself next in line for the throne, and must stay alive as well as keep control. Drawing on the histories of Plutarch, Suetonius, and Tacitus, noted historian and classicist Robert Graves tells the story of the much-maligned Emperor Claudius with both skill and compassion. Weaving important themes throughout about the nature of freedom and safety possible in a monarchy, Graves’s Claudius is both more effective and more tragic than history typically remembers him. A bestselling novel and one of Graves’ most successful, I, Claudius has been adapted to television, film, theatre, and audio. “[A] legendary tale of Claudius . . . [A] gem of modern literature.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Author : Emma Buckley
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118316533
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Neronian Age written by Emma Buckley and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-03 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative overview and helpful resource for students and scholars of Roman history and Latin literature during the reign of Nero. The first book of its kind to treat this era, which has gained in popularity in recent years Makes much important research available in English for the first time Features a balance of new research with established critical lines Offers an unusual breadth and range of material, including substantial treatments of politics, administration, the imperial court, art, archaeology, literature and reception studies Includes a mix of established scholars and groundbreaking new voices Includes detailed maps and illustrations

Author : Laurens E. Tacoma
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192591177
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roman Political Culture written by Laurens E. Tacoma and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers an innovative analysis of Roman political culture in Italy from the first to the sixth century AD on the basis of seven case studies. Its main contention is that, during the period in which Italy was subject to single rule, political culture took on a specific form, being the product of the continued existence of two traditional political institutions: the senate in the city of Rome and the local city councils in the rest of Italy. Under single rule, the position of both institutions was increasingly weakened and they became part of a much wider institutional landscape, although the fact that they continued to function until the end of the sixth century AD must imply that they retained meaning for their members, even while society as a whole was undergoing radical changes. As their powers and prerogatives shrank considerably, their significance became social rather than political as they allowed elites to enact and negotiate their own position in society. However, the tension between the participatory nature of these institutions and the restriction of their power generated complex social dynamics: on the one hand, participants became locked in mutual expectations about each other's behaviour and were compelled to enact particular social roles, while on the other hand they retained a degree of agency. They were encapsulated in an honorific language and in a set of conventions that regulated their behaviour, but that at the same time offered them room for manoeuvre: this degree of autonomy provides a compelling basis on which to challenge the prevailing view among historians that deliberative and participatory politics effectively ended with the institution of the Roman monarchy under Augustus.

Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apocolocyntosis Divi Claudii written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: