Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012

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• Egyptianizing Figurines from Delos

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: Caitlín E. Barrett
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  • This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of figurines of Egyptian deities from Delos. The results offer a new perspective on Hellenistic reinterpretations of Egyptian religion, as well as the relationship between “popular” and “official” cults.

• The Emergence of Reflexivity in Greek Language and Thought

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: Edward T. Jeremiah
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  • Tying together linguistics, philology and philosophy, this monograph explores the morphological and semantic development of the heavily marked reflexive system in Ancient Greek and argues that these changes are connected to a reconceptualisation of the human subject as characteristically reflexive.

• Enargeia in Classical Antiquity and the Early Modern Age

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: Heinrich F. Plett
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  • The present study provides an extensive treatment of the topic of enargeia on the basis of the classical and humanist sources of its theoretical foundation. These serve as the basis for detailed analyses of verbal and pictorial works of the Classical Antiquity and the Early Modern Age.