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1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover; Contents; List of illustrations; Abbreviations and conventions; Notes on contributors; Introduction; 1. Vanishing Conjecture: The Recovery of Lost Books from Aristotle to Eco; 2. Pindar as a Man of Letters; 3. The Papyri of Herodotus; 4. The Use and Abuse of Irony; 5. Greek Letters in Hellenistic Bactria; 6. Menander and his Rivals: New Light from the Comic Adespota?; 7. The Rediscovery of Menander; 8. â#x80;#x98;My Daughter and her Dowryâ#x80;#x99;: Smikrines in Menanderâ#x80;#x99;s Epitrepontes; 9. More Facts from Fragments?; 10. Remapping the Mediterranean: The Argo Adventure in Apollonius and Callimachus |
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11. Theudotus of Lipara (Callimachus, fr. 93 Pf.)12. The Reputation of Callimachus; 13. Telling Tales: Ovidâ#x80;#x99;s Metamorphoses and Callimachus; 14. On Ancient Prose Rhythm: The Story of the Dichoreus; 15. Alexander of Aphrodisias, De prouidentia: Greek Fragments and Arabic Versions; 16. Missing Pages: Papyrology, Genre, and the Greek Novel; Bibliography of Peter Parsons; Indexes; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Summary |
This volume originated in a conference of the same title, held in Oxford in September 2006, to celebrate the 70th birthday of Peter Parsons, Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford from 1989 to 2003. The contributors, who are former pupils, colleagues or collaborators with Peter Parsons, share a deep admiration for him and his work. Peter Parsons has, throughout his career, been engaged in research on newly discovered papyrus texts, and such texts play an important part in this volume'sdiscussions. He has also constantly sought to use these texts to illuminate the literary and cultural history of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Classical philology -- Congresses
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Classical literature -- Manuscripts -- Congresses
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Ancient Languages.
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Classical literature -- Manuscripts
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Classical philology
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Electronic books
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Parsons, P. J.
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Obbink, Dirk.
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Rutherford, R. B.
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| ISBN |
9780191558887 |
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0191558885 |
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