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Language: en
Pages: 434
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Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-22 - Publisher: BRILL

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Written by an international cast of experts, The Materiality of Text showcases a wide range of innovative methodologies from ancient history, literary studies,
Archaic and Classical Greek Epigram
Language: en
Pages: 455
Authors: Manuel Baumbach
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-12-02 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book explores dialogue between Archaic and Classical Greek epigrams and their readers, and argues for their often-unacknowledged literary and aesthetic ach
The Materiality of Texts from Ancient Egypt
Language: en
Pages: 160
Authors:
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-08 - Publisher: BRILL

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The volume The Materiality of Texts from Ancient Egypt contains nine contributions from well-known papyrologists, Egyptologists, archaeologists and technical sp
Monumentality and the Roman Empire
Language: en
Pages: 405
Authors: Edmund Thomas
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-11-15 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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'Monumentality and the Roman Age' presents a study of the concept of monumentality in classical antiquity, asks what it is that the notion encompasses and how s
A Companion to Ancient Epigram
Language: en
Pages: 732
Authors: Christer Henriksén
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-02-12 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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A delightful look at the epic literary history of the short, poetic genre of the epigram From Nestor’s inscribed cup to tombstones, bathroom walls, and Twitte