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  • The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours

    by Gregory Nagy ...
    What does it mean to be a hero? The ancient Greeks who gave us Achilles and Odysseus had a very different understanding of the term than we do today. Based on the legendary Harvard course that Gregory Nagy has taught for well over thirty years, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours explores the roots of Western civilization and offers a masterclass in classical Greek literature. We meet the epic ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours

    by Gregory Nagy ...
    The ancient Greeks’ concept of “the hero” was very different from what we understand by the term today, Gregory Nagy argues—and it is only through analyzing their historical contexts that we can truly understand Achilles, Odysseus, Oedipus, and Herakles.In Greek tradition, a hero was a human, male or female, of the remote past, who was endowed with superhuman abilities by virtue of being descended ... Read more

    Was $32.99 USD Now $22.99 USD

  • Homeric Questions

    by Gregory Nagy ...
    A Choice Outstanding Academic BookThe "Homeric Question" has vexed Classicists for generations. Was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey a single individual who created the poems at a particular moment in history? Or does the name "Homer" hide the shaping influence of the epic tradition during a long period of oral composition and transmission?In this innovative investigation, Gregory Nagy ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Persian Literary Devices: Eight Essays

    by Azadeh Vatanpour ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Thisvolume offers a glimpse into the rich tradition of literary devices in Persian language and literature. It establishes an incontrovertible connection between literary devices - figurative language, rhetoric, and so on - and pedagogy and poetics in both written and oral expression. The essays offer a detailed and thorough overview of some of these literary devices and their dynamics, which have ... Read more

    $179.99 USD

  • Greek Literature and Philosophy

    Greek Literature

    Edited by Gregory Nagy ...
    This volume is available on its own or as part of the seven volume set, Greek Literature. This collection reprints in facsimile the most influential scholarship published in this field during the twentieth century. For a complete list of the volume titles in this set, see the listing for Greek Literature [ISBN 0-8153-3681-0]. A full table of contents can be obtained by email: reference@routledge ... Read more

    $265.00 USD

  • Homer and Hesiod as Prototypes of Greek Literature

    Edited by Gregory Nagy ...
    This volume is available on its own or as part of the seven volume set, Greek Literature. This collection reprints in facsimile the most influential scholarship published in this field during the twentieth century. For a complete list of the volume titles in this set, see the listing for Greek Literature [ISBN 0-8153-3681-0]. ... Read more

    $265.00 USD

  • The Oral Traditional Background of Ancient Greek Literature

    Edited by Gregory Nagy ...
    Edited with an introduction by an internationally recognized scholar, this nine-volume set represents the most exhaustive collection of essential critical writings in the field, from studies of the classic works to the history of their reception. Bringing together the articles that have shaped modern classical studies, the set covers Greek literature in all its genres--including history, poetry, ... Read more

    $265.00 USD

  • Greek Literature in the Byzantine Period

    Greek Literature

    Edited by Gregory Nagy ...
    Edited with an introduction by an internationally recognized scholar, this nine-volume set represents the most exhaustive collection of essential critical writings in the field, from studies of the classic works to the history of their reception. Bringing together the articles that have shaped modern classical studies, the set covers Greek literature in all its genres--including history, poetry, ... Read more

    $265.00 USD

  • Greek Literature in the Roman Period and in Late Antiquity

    Greek Literature

    Edited by Gregory Nagy ...
    Edited with an introduction by an internationally recognized scholar, this nine-volume set represents the most exhaustive collection of essential critical writings in the field, from studies of the classic works to the history of their reception. Bringing together the articles that have shaped modern classical studies, the set covers Greek literature in all its genres--including history, poetry, ... Read more

    $265.00 USD

  • Greek Literature in the Hellenistic Period

    Greek Literature

    Edited by Gregory Nagy ...
    This volume is available on its own or as part of the seven volume set, Greek Literature. This collection reprints in facsimile the most influential scholarship published in this field during the twentieth century. For a complete list of the volume titles in this set, see the listing for Greek Literature [ISBN 0-8153-3681-0]. A full table of contents can be obtained by email: reference@routledge ... Read more

    $265.00 USD

  • Greek Literature in the Classical Period: The Prose of Historiography and Oratory

    Greek Literature

    Edited by Gregory Nagy ...
    This volume is available on its own or as part of the seven volume set, Greek Literature. This collection reprints in facsimile the most influential scholarship published in this field during the twentieth century. For a complete list of the volume titles in this set, see the listing for Greek Literature [ISBN 0-8153-3681-0]. A full table of contents can be obtained by email: reference@routledge ... Read more

    $305.00 USD

  • Modern Greek Literature

    Critical Essays

    Edited by Gregory Nagy, Anna Stavrakopoulou ...
    The essays collected in Modern Greek Literature represent the work of young scholars as they expand the range of approaches to modern Greek literature. The contributors vary in their focus from comparative studies to the study of religion or the literature of diaspora. The theoretical questions that the essays raise address both classic and contemporary debates, from genre explorations to the ... Read more

    $73.99 USD