How did the classical tradition survive on the North Sea shores? This book explores the writings of Franciscus Junius that paired scholarship to painter's practice in the seventeenth century. They ...illuminate the reception of antiquity and the creation of an Anglo-Dutch artistic Arcadia.
Oxford, the home of lost causes, the epitome of the world of medieval and renaissance learning in Britain, has always fascinated at a variety of levels: social, institutional, cultural. Its rival, ...Cambridge, was long dominated by mathematics, while Oxford's leading study was Classics. In this pioneering book, 16 leading authorities explore a variety of aspects of Oxford Classics in the last two hundred years: curriculum, teaching and learning, scholarly style, publishing, gender and social exclusion and the impact of German scholarship. Greats (Literae Humaniores) is the most celebrated classical course in the world: here its early days in the mid-19th century and its reform in the late 20th are discussed, in the latter case by those intimately involved with the reforms. An opening chapter sets the scene by comparing Oxford with Cambridge Classics, and several old favourites are revisited, including such familiar Oxford products as Liddell and Scott's "Greek-English Lexicon", the "Oxford Classical Texts", and Zimmern's "Greek Commonwealth". The book as a whole offers a pioneering, wide-ranging survey of Classics in Oxford.
This book explores how introductory methods shaped intellectual activity in various fields of thought of the post-Hellenistic Age and Late Antiquity by framing them in a wider interdisciplinary ...framework.
Originally published in 1971. In Mysteriously Meant, Professor Allen maps the intellectual landscape of the Renaissance as he explains the discovery of an allegorical interpretation of Greek, Latin, ...and finally Egyptian myths and the effect this discovery had on the development of modern attitudes toward myth. He believes that to understand Renaissance literature one must understand the interpretations of classical myth known to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In unraveling the elusive strands of myth, allegory, and symbol from the fabric of Renaissance literature such as Milton's Paradise Lost, Allen is a helpful guide. His discussion of Renaissance authors is as authoritative as it is inclusive. His empathy with the scholars of the Renaissance keeps his discussion lively-a witty study of interpreters of mythography from the past.
This book makes use of digital corpora to give in-depth details of the history and development of the spelling of Latin. It focusses on sub-elite texts in the Roman empire, and reveals that ...sophisticated education in this area was not restricted to those at the top of society. Nicholas Zair studies the history of particular orthographic features and traces their usage in a range of texts which give insight into everyday writers of Latin: including scribes and soldiers at Vindolanda, slaves at Pompeii, members of the Praetorian Guard, and writers of curse tablets. In doing so, he problematises the use of 'old-fashioned' spelling in dating inscriptions, provides important new information on sound-change in Latin, and shows how much can be gained from a detailed sociolinguistic analysis of ancient texts.
The first excursion to Greece for classicists after World War II – and likely the first one since the university was established in 1919 – was devised by Professor Milan Grošelj for his classical ...seminar in 1958. Those were the years when every effort was made to eliminate classical gymnasia in Slovenia, and they were eventually abolished in 1958. However, we, the students of those days, still considered ourselves fortunate. Our professors were professionally sound; they took their calling seriously and were aware that they were not merely experts but also teachers and educators. Therefore, the excursions were a serious matter, far from merely fun and charming trips.
What is the relationship between Greek antiquity and today's world? What is the connection between the academic analyses of a researcher, his convictions and his life as a citizen? Between a ...reflection on the way in which the characters of Homer and Greek tragedy make decisions at crucial moments, and the engagement of intellectuals during the Second World War in France and Germany? Between Bruno Snell, a German Greek scholar steeped in Winckelmannian idealism and a scientific practice inherited from Wilamowitz, and Jean-Pierre Vernant, a French Marxist anthropologist and philosopher? This book shows in nuance how these seemingly distant fields meet, reflect and respond to each other.
Welche Verbindung gibt es zwischen der griechischen Antike und der Welt von heute? Zwischen den wissenschaftlichen Analysen eines Forschers, seinen Überzeugungen und seinem Leben als Bürger? Zwischen der philologischen Reflexion darüber, wie Figuren bei Homer und in der griechischen Tragödie Entscheidungen treffen, und dem Engagement von Intellektuellen während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Frankreich und Deutschland? Zwischen dem deutschen Philologen Bruno Snell, der vom Winckelmann‘schen Idealismus und einer von Wilamowitz geerbten wissenschaftlichen Praxis geprägt war, und Jean-Pierre Vernant, einem französischen Philosophen und Anthropologen mit marxistischen Ansichten? Dieses Buch zeigt auf nuancierte Weise, wie diese scheinbar weit voneinander entfernten Bereiche und Personen sich begegnen.
Quel rapport entre l’Antiquité grecque et le monde d’aujourd’hui? Quelles relations entre les analyses académiques d’un chercheur, ses convictions et sa vie dans la cité? Entre une réflexion sur la manière dont les personnages d’Homère et de la tragédie grecque, perçus comme parangons de l’»homme grec«, prennent des décisions à des moments cruciaux et l’engagement d’intellectuels pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale en France et en Allemagne? Entre Bruno Snell, philologue allemand, nourri d’idéalisme winckelmannien et d’une pratique scientifique héritée de Wilamowitz, et Jean-Pierre Vernant, philosophe et anthropologue marxiste français? Ce livre montre en nuances comment ces domaines et ces personnes qui semblent éloignés les uns des autres se rencontrent, se reflètent et se répondent.
