Who needs Greek? : contests in the cultural history of Hellenism / Simon Goldhill.
Who needs Greek? : contests in the cultural history of Hellenism / Simon Goldhill.
Who needs Greek? : contests in the cultural history of Hellenism / Simon Goldhill.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N303.48/ 15
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Introduction: shaking the foundations -- 1. Learning Greek is heresy! Resisting Erasmus -- 2. Becoming Greek, with Lucian -- 3. Blood from the shadows: Strauss' disgusting, degenerate Elektra -- 4. Who knows Greek? -- 5. The value of Greek. Why save Plutarch? -- Conclusion: rainbow bridges.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2002.
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"Does Greek matter? To whom and why? This interdisciplinary study focuses on moments when passionate conflicts about Greek and Greekness have erupted in both the modern and the ancient worlds. It looks at the Renaissance, when men were burned at the stake over biblical Greek, at violent Victorian rows over national culture and the schooling of a co...
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Who needs Greek? : contests in the cultural history of Hellenism / Simon Goldhill.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English.
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N303.48/ 15
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74Vv5zbXBDbg
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ISBN
0521011760 (pb.)
9780521812283
0521812283
9780521011761 (pb.)
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303.4824038
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991017697189702626
