The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western LiteratureOxford University Press, 1967 - 763 Seiten This landmark book explores the ways in which the Greco-Roman tradition has shaped modern European and American literature. |
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... death at the hands of a half - civilized occupying army . The philosophical arguments , however dry and difficult , are made vitally moving by the urgency with which Boethius and his physician pursue them - much more so than in most ...
... death at the hands of a half - civilized occupying army . The philosophical arguments , however dry and difficult , are made vitally moving by the urgency with which Boethius and his physician pursue them - much more so than in most ...
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... Death . This was a contrast between the Greek attitude to death and that of the Christian world - particularly during the Middle Ages — as seen in the Danse Macabre , 12 in Brueghel's Triumph of Death , in sermons , in poems , in ...
... Death . This was a contrast between the Greek attitude to death and that of the Christian world - particularly during the Middle Ages — as seen in the Danse Macabre , 12 in Brueghel's Triumph of Death , in sermons , in poems , in ...
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... death . 31 Once , brooding on this , he recalled the Greek poetess Sappho , who in one legend had killed herself for love : he pictured her standing on the moonlit precipice , reflecting on her implacable sufferings and the agonizing death ...
... death . 31 Once , brooding on this , he recalled the Greek poetess Sappho , who in one legend had killed herself for love : he pictured her standing on the moonlit precipice , reflecting on her implacable sufferings and the agonizing death ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Christianity enriched by GrecoRoman folklore | 9 |
PASTORAL | 12 |
Urheberrecht | |
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