Patricia A Rosenmeyer: 2 books
Ancient Greek Literary Letters
Selections in Translation
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
The first referenece to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers, and letter writing became a distinct literary genre. Letters were included in the works of historians but they also formed the basis...
The Language of Ruins
Greek and Latin Inscriptions on the Memnon Colossus
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
A colossal statue, originally built to honor an ancient pharaoh, still stands today in Egyptian Thebes, with more than a hundred Greek and Latin inscriptions covering its lower surfaces. Partially damaged by an earthquake, and later re-identified as the Homeric hero Memnon, it was believed to "speak"...