The Garden of Priapus
The Garden of Priapus

Author: Amy Richlin

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0195068734

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Statues of the god Priapus stood in Roman gardens to warn potential thieves that the god would rape them if they attempted to steal from him. In this book, Richlin argues that the attitude of sexual aggressiveness in defense of a bounded area serves as a model for Roman satire from Lucilius to Juvenal. Using literary, anthropological, psychological, and feminist methodologies, she suggests that aggressive sexual humor reinforces aggressive behavior on both the individual and societal levels, and that Roman satire provides an insight into Roman culture. Including a substantial and provocative new introduction, this revised edition is important not only as an in-depth study of Roman sexual satire, but also as a commentary on the effects of all humor on society and its victims.

How to Read a Latin Poem
How to Read a Latin Poem

Author: William Fitzgerald

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013-02-21

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0199657866

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This is a book about poetry, language, and classical antiquity, and explains to the reader with little or no Latin how the language works as a unique vehicle for poetic expression. Fitzgerald guides the reader through samples of Latin poetry to give a sense of how the individual poems feel in Latin and what makes Latin poetry worth reading.

Latin Poets and Italian Gods
Latin Poets and Italian Gods

Author: Elaine Fantham

Publisher: Robson Classical Lectures

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781442640597

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Latin Poets and Italian Gods reconstructs the response of Roman poets in the late republic and Augustan age to the rural cults of central Italy.

Two Renaissance Friends
Two Renaissance Friends

Author: Rodney John Lokaj

Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780866985192

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An exhaustive Introduction to authors Castiglione and Falcone, a philologically rigorous transcription of their individual works, critical apparatus, a modern English translation, and a rich commentary contrasting and comparing the poetry that these two close friends produced, viewed within the broader context of early Cinquecento court culture --

Annual Report of the President of the University
Annual Report of the President of the University

Author: Stanford University

Publisher:

Published: 1932

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13:

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1913/15 contains reports of chancellor and treasurer; 1919/24, reports of treasurer and comptroller; 1924- reports of treasurer, comptroller, departments, committees and the publications of the faculty.