The subject of this work is the phraseology and poetic language that are documented in Pindar (518-446 BC) and Bakchylides (516-452 BC), have parallels in other poetic traditions, and can in part prove to be inherited. Phraseology is the way in which phraseological units (individual words or groups of words) are combined in the oral or written language. In any study of phraseology, the first thing to consider is how the various elements of a speech are related. Poetic language is understood to mean the use of language that goes beyond the limit of the mere communication of information, since the communication of the message itself proves to be a work of art because of the poetic function of language. Therefore, an investigation of poetic phraseology presents itself in principle as a study that focuses on expressions whose application makes a linguistic message poetically-artistically.
— Translated from the Introductio
Online publication of a dissertation submitted to the Historisch-Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft (Institut für Linguistik), Universität zu Köln, in 2016.
Use the following persistent identifier: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_MassettiL.Phraseologie_und_indogermanische_Dichtersprache.2019.
Copyright, Laura Massetti. This dissertation is published here with permission of the author.
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Phraseologie und indogermanische Dichtersprache in der Sprache der griechischen Chorlyrik: Pindar und Bakchylides
The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad
Curated BooksDrawing on recent studies in ethnography and sociolinguistics, Richard Martin here sets forth a poetics of Homeric speeches, which he sees not merely as poetic creations but as the representation of an actual form of speaking in a traditional culture
Originally published in 1989 as part of the Myth and Poetics Series by Cornell University Press.
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Copyright, Richard P. Martin. This work is made available here with permission of the author.
Zeus in the Odyssey
This book makes the case that the plot of the Odyssey is represented within the narrative as a plan of Zeus, Dios boulê, that serves as a guide for the performing poet and as a hermeneutic for the audience. Through occasional participation in events and pervasive influence, the character of Zeus maintains thematic unity as the narrative moves through a mass of potential narrative paths for Odysseus that was already dense and conflicting at the time the Odyssey was taking shape. The “Zeus-centric” reading proposed here offers fresh perspectives on the tenor of interactions among the Odyssey’s characters, on the relationships among traditional accounts of Odysseus’ return, and on long-standing problems of interpretation
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Marks, J. 2008. Zeus in the Odyssey. Hellenic Studies Series 31. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_Marks.Zeus_in_the_Odyssey.2008.
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Open Access Journal: 'Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones
'Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones
ISSN: 1135-4712
ISSN-e: 1988-3269
’Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones (ISSN 1135-4712, ISSN-e 1988-3269) es una revista editada por el Instituto de Ciencias de las Religiones de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, con periodicidad anual, y que fue fundada el año 1995. Publica artículos científicos que versen sobre todas aquellas disciplinas que tengan como objeto de estudio la(s) religión(es): Historia de las religiones y del hecho religioso, Psicología, Sociología, Antropología, Filosofía, Derecho, Literatura y estudio filológico de los textos religiosos a lo largo de la historia. Se trata, por tanto, de una revista científica pluridisciplinar y este carácter se extiende a sus destinatarios. Sus secciones son: Artículos, Boletín Bibliográfico, Notas y Reseñas. La revista acepta trabajos en español, inglés, francés, alemán e italiano.
Vol. 30 (2025)Publicado: 2025-12-19Artículos
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Love in the Age of War: Soldiers in Menander
Love in the Age of War explores soldier characters in Menander’s situation comedies, the oldest of their kind. Menander came to dominate and define comedy for centuries, and a soldier served as the central character in many of his plays. This study reveals that these soldier characters are not the bragging buffoons that later became the stereotype in this brand of comedy, but challenging and complex men who struggle to find a place in new families and in their local communities. In contrast to the traditional Greek stories of tragic warriors, these soldiers ultimately succeed in adjusting to civilian life.
Wilfred Major details how Menander dramatized these compelling stories, while later traditions instead turned these characters into clowns. Menander’s original soldiers, however, may be the ones whose stories resonate more powerfully today.
Major, Wilfred E. 2022. Love in the Age of War: Soldiers in Menander. Hellenic Studies Series 93. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_MajorWE.Love_in_the_Age_of_War.2022.
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The crisis of Spartan power in the first half of the fourth century has been connected to Spartan inability to manage the hegemony built on the ruins of the Athenian Empire, or interpreted as a result of the unexpected annihilation of the Spartan army by the Boeotians at Leuktra. The present book offers a new perspective, suggesting that the crisis that finally brought down Sparta was in important ways a result of centrifugal impulses within the Peloponnesian League, accompanied by a general awakening of ethnicity in various areas of the Peloponnese.
A series of regional case studies is combined with thematic contributions focusing on topics such as the relationship of religious cults and ethnicity and of democracy and ethnicity, the use of archaeological evidence for ethnic phenomena, and comparative approaches based on social anthropology
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Funke, Peter, and Nino Luraghi, eds. 2009. The Politics of Ethnicity and the Crisis of the Peloponnesian League. Hellenic Studies Series 32. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_FunkeP_LuraghiN_eds.The_Politics_of_Ethnicity.2009.
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Open Access Journal: Ktèma : civilisations de l'Orient, de la Grèce et de Rome antiques
Ktèma est une revue annuelle de recherche consacrée à l'histoire, l'archéologie et la littérature de la Grèce, de Rome, de l'Égypte et du Proche-Orient antiques. Fondée en 1976 par Edmond Frézouls et Edmond Lévy, elle est publiée par l'Université de Strasbourg. Elle accueille des dossiers thématiques ainsi que des varia qui proposent des articles originaux en français, en anglais, en italien, en allemand et en espagnol. Elle jouit d'une solide réputation internationale et ses articles sont abondamment cités.
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Ktèma : civilisations de l'Orient, de la Grèce et de Rome antiques, N°48, 2023. Traitement du passé et construction de la mémoire chez les auteurs de la Seconde Sophistique.
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