The Greek anthology: Book VII - Se pulchral epigrams, The Epigrams of Saint Gregory the theologian
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Published: 1917
Total Pages: 536
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The Language of Objects: Deixis in Descriptive Greek Epigrams
Author: Federica Scicolone
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-10-20
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9004545719
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Language of Objects sheds new light on the sub-genre of Greek descriptive epigram, focusing on deictic reference as a springboard to understand three different approaches to the materiality of texts: imagination-oriented deixis, pointing to referents conjured in the reader’s mind; ocular deixis, addressing perceivable referents; displaced deixis, underscoring the subjective response of readers/viewers. Uniquely combining overlooked verse-inscriptions and well-known literary and inscribed texts, which are freshly re-examined through a cognitive lens, this volume explores the evolution of deixis in descriptive epigrams dating from the pre-Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity. With its original analysis, the book pushes forward the study of Greek epigram and current understanding of deixis in ancient poetry.
The Greek anthology: Book VII
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Published: 1919
Total Pages: 536
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKGregory of Nazianzus's Letter Collection
Author: Gregory of Nazianzus
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2019-12-17
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 0520304101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSaint Gregory of Nazianzus, also known as Gregory the Theologian, lived an illustrious life as an orator, poet, priest, and bishop. Until his death, he wrote scores of letters to friends and colleagues, clergy members and philosophers, teachers of rhetoric and literature, and high-ranking officials at the provincial and imperial levels, many of which are preserved in his self-designed letter collection. Here, for the first time in English, Bradley K. Storin has translated the complete collection, offering readers a fresh view on Gregory’s life, social and cultural engagement, leadership in the church, and literary talents. Accompanying the translation are an introduction, a prosopography, and annotations that situate Gregory’s letters in their biographical, literary, and historical contexts. This translation is an essential resource for scholars and students of late antiquity and early Christianity.
The Journal of Hellenic Studies
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Published: 1944
Total Pages: 564
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKVols. 1-8, 1880-87, plates published separately and numbered I-LXXXIII.
History of Ancient Greek Literature
Author: Franco Montanari
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2022-05-09
Total Pages: 1377
ISBN-13: 311042634X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of ancient Greek literature from Homer to Late Antiquity. Its clear structure and detailed presentation of Greek authors and their works as well as literary genres and phenomena makes it an indispensable reference work for all those interested in Greek Antiquity.
Christianity and the Contest for Manhood in Late Antiquity
Author: Nathan D. Howard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-11-24
Total Pages: 357
ISBN-13: 1009093142
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, Nathan Howard explores gender and identity formation in fourth-century Cappadocia, where pro-Nicene bishops used a rhetoric of contest that aligned with conventions of classical Greek masculinity. Howard demonstrates that epistolary exhibitions served as 'a locus for' asserting manhood in the fourth century. These performances illustrate how a culture of orality that had defined manhood among civic elites was reframed as a contest whereby one accrued status through merits of composition. Howard shows how the Cappadocians' rhetoric also reordered the body and materiality as components of a maleness over which they moderated. He interrogates fourth-century theological conflict as part of a rhetorical battle over claims to manhood that supported the Cappadocians' theology and cast doubt on non-Trinitarian rivals, whom they cast as effeminate and disingenuous. Investigating accounts of pro-Nicene protagonists overcoming struggles, Howard establishes that tropes based on classical standards of gender contributed to the formation of Trinitarian orthodoxy.
The Cappadocian Mothers
Author: Carla D. Sunberg
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2018-01-01
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 0227176901
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cappadocian Fathers had great influence on the church of the fourth century, having brought their passion for Christ and theological expertise to life in their ministry. Their work was not devoid of influence, including that of their immediate family members. Within their writings we uncover the lives of seven women, the Cappadocian Mothers, who may have had more influence on the theology of the church than previously believed. As the Cappadocians wrestle with the Christianization of the concept of deification, we find the women in their lives becoming models for their theological understanding. The lives of the women become points of intersection in the kenosis-theosis parabola. Not only are the Cappadocian Mothers uncovered in the texts, but they become models of an optimistic theology of restoration for all of humanity without constraint of gender.
The Melancholy Void
Author: Felipe Valencia
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2021-07
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1496221141
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFelipe Valencia examines the construction of lyric as a melancholy and masculinist discourse that sings of and perpetrates symbolic violence against the feminine and the female beloved in key texts of Spanish poetry from 1580 to 1620.
Self-Portrait in Three Colors
Author: Bradley K. Storin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2019-09-03
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 0520972945
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA seminal figure in late antique Christianity and Christian orthodoxy, Saint Gregory of Nazianzus published a collection of more than 240 letters. Whereas these letters have often been cast aside as readers turn to his theological orations or autobiographical poetry for insight into his life, thought, and times, Self-Portrait in Three Colors focuses squarely on them, building a provocative case that the finalized collection constitutes not an epistolary archive but an autobiography in epistolary form—a single text composed to secure his status among provincial contemporaries and later generations. Shedding light on late-ancient letter writing, fourth-century Christian intelligentsia, Christianity and classical culture, and the Christianization of Roman society, these letters offer a fascinating and unique view of Gregory’s life, engagement with literary culture, and leadership in the church. As a single unit, this autobiographical epistolary collection proved a powerful tool in Gregory’s attempts to govern the contours of his authorial image as well as his provincial and ecclesiastical legacy.
