Epigrams, Ancient and Modern
Author: John Booth
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Published: 1865
Total Pages: 400
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Author: John Booth
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Published: 1865
Total Pages: 400
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Published: 1865
Total Pages: 398
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John BOOTH (Vicar of Stanford Bishop and Wacton, Herefordshire.)
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Published: 1865
Total Pages: 394
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Published: 1863
Total Pages: 390
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Published: 2019-02-24
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9783337746056
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Published: 1766
Total Pages: 230
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Booth
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Published: 2012-08
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9781290640282
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author: Richard Graves
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Published: 1766
Total Pages: 236
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Marta González González
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-03-07
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1350062448
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTaking a wide selection of Greek funerary epigrams from the 6th to 4th centuries BC, this volume considers their historical and chronological contexts to draw out information about the society that created them. Using both Hansen's corpus of epigrams and wider examples, it gives priority to those cases where the whole monument ensemble is preserved, both text and image, enabling a much better understanding of the significance of the texts. A thematic structure within a broader chronological framework provides a valuable lens on the epigrams, allowing readers to compare particular types across the time period. After introducing the funerary landscape in which the selected epigrams fit, González briefly considers the literary form of epigrams as a foil for the rest of the book. The remaining chapters focus on epitaphs of individuals in the most significant stages of life, where gender differences are most marked: themes include untimely death, women and wives, friendship, piety and non-kin love. All epigrams are offered in Greek, followed by an English translation. The analysis focuses on the literary aspects of the epigrams, as well as on the information they provide about both society and religion of ancient Greece.
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Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2013-01-31
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 1421408058
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe lively ancient epitaphs in this bilingual collection fit together like small mosaic tiles, forming a vivid portrait of Greek society. Cut These Words into My Stone offers evidence that ancient Greek life was not only celebrated in great heroic epics, but was also commemorated in hundreds of artfully composed verse epitaphs. They have been preserved in anthologies and gleaned from weathered headstones. Three-year-old Archianax, playing near a well, Was drawn down by his own silent reflection. His mother, afraid he had no breath left, Hauled him back up wringing wet. He had a little. He didn't taint the nymphs' deep home. He dozed off in her lap. He's sleeping still. These words, translated from the original Greek by poet and filmmaker Michael Wolfe, mark the passing of a child who died roughly 2,000 years ago. Ancient Greek epitaphs honor the lives, and often describe the deaths, of a rich cross section of Greek society, including people of all ages and classes— paupers, fishermen, tyrants, virgins, drunks, foot soldiers, generals—and some non-people—horses, dolphins, and insects. With brief commentary and notes, this bilingual collection of 127 short, witty, and often tender epigrams spans 1,000 years of the written word. Cut These Words into My Stone provides an engaging introduction to this corner of classical literature that continues to speak eloquently in our time.