What's in a Name?
The Significance of Proper Names in Classical Latin Literature
Published on 31. December 2006
250 pages
978-1-910589-28-1 (ISBN)
Description
Latin poets and prose writers of the classical period and later used - and withheld - names subtly and to important effect. Here, in eleven new essays, an eminent international cast explore themes which include ''speaking'' names, often involving bilingual Latin/Greek play; the ways in which persons and objects are named in contexts of invective or endearment; the significant suppression or changing of names; the religious and historical significances of names; the uses of names in literary catalogues; names as devices to structure a group of shorter poems.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Swansea
United Kingdom
File size
1,61 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-910589-28-1 (9781910589281)
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Joan Booth | Robert Maltby
What's in a Name?
The Significance of Proper Names in Classical Latin Literature
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03/2007
Classical Press of Wales
€91.92
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