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  • Rhetoric in Classical Historiographyby A.J. Woodman

    Routledge 1988; US$ 128.00

    This radical study argues against the view that the historian's craft has remained largely unchanged since classical times. Includes detailed discussion of the work of Thucydides, Cicero, Sallust, Livy and Tacitus. more...

  • Variation and Morphosyntactic Change in Greekby Panayiotis A. Pappas

    Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2003; US$ 100.00

    Deals with some of the major theoretical and descriptive concerns of the historical linguist. Pappas presents a variationist analysis of weak object pronoun placement in Greek during a transitional period of the language when these elements exhibited both clitic-like and affix-like behaviour. more...

  • Rhetoric and Ironyby C. Jan Swearingen

    Oxford University Press 1991; US$ 110.00

    This study synthesizes existing arguments about the perception of dialogue, writing and language in the ancient world. It examines specifically the work of four key figures: Plato, Aristotle, Cicero and Augustine. more...

  • The Trajectory of Archaic Greek Trimetersby Ippokratis Kantzios

    BRILL 2005; US$ 160.00

    This volume, through a detailed examination of the themes, morphology, and diction of the archaic Greek trimeters, makes a strong case that this genre is complex and dynamic and that its evolution may be explained in the context of the larger literary developments of the period. more...

  • Cross-linguistic Variation in Sentence Processingby Despoina Papadopoulou

    Springer 2006; US$ 139.00

    Argues in favour of cross-linguistic variation in sentence processing by providing empirical data from ambiguity resolution in Greek as L1 and L2. This book shows that in highly inflected languages, like Greek, initial parsing decisions are determined by the interaction of morphological and lexical cues rather than by universal parsing principles. more...

  • Ancient Rhetoric and Oratoryby Thomas Habinek

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 110.95

    This book introduces readers to the ancient rhetorical tradition by investigating key questions about the origins, nature and importance of rhetoric. Explores the role of the orator, especially the two greatest figures of the tradition, Demosthenes and Cicero Investigates the place of rhetoric at the center of ancient education Considers the role of rhetoric since the end of antiquity. Includes a glossary of proper names and technical terms; a chronological table of political events, authors, orators, and rhetorical works; and suggestions for further reading. more...

  • Synagogeby Ian C. Cunningham

    Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2008; US$ 301.00

    The "Synagoge" (Gk: collection of useful word explanations) is one of the most important lexicographical sources from early Byzantine times. The anonymous author quotes extracts from the works of ancient authors which have not been preserved elsewhere and gives details of customs and myths from the epoch. At the same time, he presents his own age and provides a rich source of information on education and scholarship. The present edition combines all the available manuscripts of the oldest version of the "Synagoge", and thus provides the first complete and critical survey of the context of the genesis and developmental stages of this work. In addition, the second part presents a new edition of the letter alpha from manuscript... more...

  • Übersetzung antiker Literaturby Katja Lubitz; Josefine Kitzbichler; Martin S. Harbsmeier; Nina Mindt

    Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2008; US$ 109.00

    Translation presents a multi-layered process which transforms both the language and culture of the translator and the perception of the language and culture of what is translated. The discussion about the extent to which the individual form and culturally alien content of literary texts allows them to be translated took on a new quality in Germany around 1800 - particularly in connection with ancient literature; many of the questions raised at that time still influence the discourse of translation theory today. The volume presents a collection of papers examining translation as exemplars of hermeneutic problems, of mediation, of the search for equivalent form and of creative processes. more...

  • Sound, Sense, and Rhythmby Mark W. Edwards

    Princeton University Press 2004; US$ 31.95

    This book concerns the way we read--or rather, imagine we are listening to--ancient Greek and Latin poetry. Through clear and penetrating analysis Mark Edwards shows how an understanding of the effects of word order and meter is vital for appreciating the meaning of classical poetry, composed for listening audiences. The first of four chapters examines Homer's emphasis of certain words by their positioning; a passage from the Iliad is analyzed, and a poem of Tennyson illustrates English parallels. The second considers Homer's techniques of disguising the break in the narrative when changing a scene's location or characters, to maintain his audience's attention. In the third we learn, partly through an English translation matching the rhythm,... more...

  • Theorie der Übersetzung antiker Literatur in Deutschland seit 1800by Josefine Kitzbichler; Katja Lubitz; Nina Mindt

    Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2009; US$ 112.00

    The translation of ancient literature became the focus of a lively discussion in Germany around 1800. After Herder and Voss the question once more arose of just how faithfully the ancient world could and should be presented in the German language. Schleiermacher and Humboldt decided to emphasise the cultural strangeness and linguistic individuality of the texts, while subsequently various means of assimilation were developed. This volume describes the history of this theoretical discussion up to the present day. more...