Land of Dreams : : Greek and Latin Studies in Honour of A.H.M. Kessels /

Land of Dreams : : Greek and Latin Studies in Honour of A.H.M. Kessels / / edited by André Lardinois, van der Poel, Vincent Hunink.

This collection of essays by twenty-eight Dutch scholars is intended as a tribute to prof. dr. A.H.M. Kessels on the occasion of his retirement as professor of Greek Language and Literature at the Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands). It reflects his broad interests in the entire field of class...

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TeilnehmendeR:
Poel, van der,
Hunink, Vincent,
Lardinois, André,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2006.
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 414 p. ); ill., plates, 1 portr. ;
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Bibliography of A.H.M. Kessels 1969-2005
  • Part I. Dreams in Classical Literature
  • Herodotus and the dream of Cambyses (Hist. 3.30, 61-65)
  • Dreams in Apuleius' Metamorphoses
  • Self-killing in Artemidoros' dream world
  • Dreams in the Res Gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus
  • The vision of Constantine
  • Träume und Visionen in den Dialogen Gregors des Großen
  • Part II. Classical Drama
  • Aeschylus and the last act of Salamis
  • Dubious advice: The Paedagogus in Sophocles' Electra
  • Future expectations in Sophocles
  • The λέξις εϱωτιxή in Sophocles' satyr plays
  • Praxithea: a perfect mother?
  • Phaedra's declaration of love to Hippolytus (Seneca, Phaedra 589-719)
  • Alfred Döblin and Antigone
  • Part III. The Reception of Homer
  • What do we do with Homer? Literary criticism in the Hellenistic age
  • Homer, Apollonius, Callimachus and the concept of Διηνeκἠε
  • On the summary of the adventures of Odysseus in Propertius 3.12
  • 'There is a triple sight in blindness keen': Representations of Homer in modern times II
  • Part IV. Greek Literature
  • Isocrates on being religious and moral conduct
  • Asklepiades and Poseidippos
  • Demos and leaders in Plutarch's Solon
  • 'The most superstitious and disgusting of all nations': Diogenes of Oenoanda on the Jews
  • The correspondence between Abgar and Jesus: A re-edition of a Bodleian papyrus
  • Part V. Latin Literature
  • Post exitum unici revertor in patrem: Sententiae in Roman declamation
  • Ciceros Bericht über die Einführung der Rechtsmittel gegen Arglist (dolus malus) durch Aquilius Gallus
  • Wortgeschichte im altchristlichen Latein: Creatura und Genimen
  • Warum ist Ovid verbannt worden und wo ist er gestorben? Ein kurzer Spaziergang durch mittelalterliche Klatschgeschichten
  • Polybius and prudentia.
  • Greek and Latin in Dutch secondary education: Opportunities and threats
  • Index of Passages
  • Index of Subjects
  • List of Contributors
  • Tabula gratulatoria.

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