Black Doves Speak
Black Doves Speak

Author: Rosaria Vignolo Munson

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13:

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In Greek thought, barbaroi are utterers of unintelligible or inarticulate sounds. What importance does the text of Herodotus's Histories attribute to language as a criterion of ethnic identity? The answer to this question illuminates the empirical foundations of Herodotus's pluralistic worldview. The first translator of cultures also translates, describes, and evaluates foreign speech to a degree unparalleled by other Greek ancient authors. For Herodotus, language is an area of interesting but surprisingly unproblematic difference, which he offers to his audience as a model for coming to terms in a neutral way with other, more emotionally charged, cultural differences.

The Black Dove
The Black Dove

Author: Steve Hockensmith

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2009-05-12

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780312565572

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Gustav Old Red Amlingmeyer and his brother Otto, Big Red, are in San Francisco in 1893 with an eye towards a real detective job, in the latest outing in this Edgar Award-nominated series.

The History of Herodotus † Volume 1
The History of Herodotus † Volume 1

Author: Herodotus

Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 1082

ISBN-13:

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Written in 440 BC in the Ionic dialect of classical Greek, 'The History of Herodotus' serves as a record of the ancient traditions, politics, geography, and clashes of various cultures that were known in Western Asia, Northern Africa and Greece at that time. Although not a fully impartial record, it remains one of West's most important sources regarding these affairs. Moreover, it established the genre and study of history in the Western world, despite the existence of historical records and chronicles beforehand.

The Sibyls
The Sibyls

Author: Mama Zogbé

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 0971624569

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What is now currently the 'holy seat of the Vatican' in Italy, was originally the sacerdotal seat of these ancient black Sibyl Queen Mothers. Centuries before for Christ, they were known to heal the sick, restore dignity and strength to the weak, and restore sight to the blind. They were famous for curing lameness, epileptics, deaf mutes and lepers. They were said to 'cast out demons' and even to 'raise-up the dead' Their prophecies are the oldest and most authentic in the world. They were the basis for Greek and Roman tragedies and plays. More astonishing, their prophetic books were later collected by the Roman authorities, who needed a 'western theological' foundation in order to compete with the powerful levitical Jews. These Sibyl prophecies soon became the sole and undisputed precursor to the western, Christian Bible. .

Place, Commonality and Judgment
Place, Commonality and Judgment

Author: Andrew Benjamin

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2010-12-16

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1441194339

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In this important and highly original book, place, commonality and judgment provide the framework within which works central to the Greek philosophical and literary tradition are usefully located and reinterpreted. Greek life, it can be argued, was defined by the interconnection of place, commonality and judgment. Similarly within the Continental philosophical tradition topics such as place, judgment, law and commonality have had a pervasive centrality. Works by Jacques Derrida and Giorgio Agamben amongst others attest to the current exigency of these topics. Yet the ways in which they are interrelated has been barely discussed within the context of Ancient Philosophy. The conjecture of this book is that not only are these terms of genuine philosophical importance in their own right, but they are also central to Ancient Philosophy. Andrew Benjamin ultimately therefore aims to underscore the relevance of Ancient Philosophy for contemporary debates in Continental Philosophy.

A Companion to Greek Literature
A Companion to Greek Literature

Author: Martin Hose

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-10-12

Total Pages: 572

ISBN-13: 1444339427

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A Companion to Greek Literature presents a comprehensive introduction to the wide range of texts and literary forms produced in the Greek language over the course of a millennium beginning from the 6th century BCE up to the early years of the Byzantine Empire. Features contributions from a wide range of established experts and emerging scholars of Greek literature Offers comprehensive coverage of the many genres and literary forms produced by the ancient Greeks—including epic and lyric poetry, oratory, historiography, biography, philosophy, the novel, and technical literature Includes readings that address the production and transmission of ancient Greek texts, historic reception, individual authors, and much more Explores the subject of ancient Greek literature in innovative ways