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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... whole story of the war . Homer was lost , and the only existing Latin translation of the Iliad was little known and incomplete.17 As well as being easy , the method of Dares and Dictys would be attractive to a medieval poet : for they ...
... whole story of the war . Homer was lost , and the only existing Latin translation of the Iliad was little known and incomplete.17 As well as being easy , the method of Dares and Dictys would be attractive to a medieval poet : for they ...
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... whole Comedy is written ? It is an elaborate system of triply rhymed hendeca- syllables : ABABCBCDC .... This , as one of the earliest com- mentators on Dante recognized , is an elaboration of a Provençal pattern called the serventese ...
... whole Comedy is written ? It is an elaborate system of triply rhymed hendeca- syllables : ABABCBCDC .... This , as one of the earliest com- mentators on Dante recognized , is an elaboration of a Provençal pattern called the serventese ...
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... whole of western Europe . It was purified and strengthened by Christianity , which as it grew brought in still more nourishment from the Greek spirit . Then the Roman empire was overthrown , first in the west and later in the east ...
... whole of western Europe . It was purified and strengthened by Christianity , which as it grew brought in still more nourishment from the Greek spirit . Then the Roman empire was overthrown , first in the west and later in the east ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Christianity enriched by GrecoRoman folklore | 9 |
PASTORAL | 12 |
Urheberrecht | |
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