Honeyvoiced

Author : James Bradley Wells
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-07
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781350226418

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HoneyVoiced by James Bradley Wells Pdf

This new translation of Pindar's songs for victorious athletes marries philological rigour with poetic sensibility in order to represent the beauty of his language for a modern audience as closely as possible. Pindar's poetry is synonymous with difficulty for scholars and students of classical studies. His syntax stretches the limits of ancient Greek, while his allusions to mythology and other poetic texts assume an audience that knows more than we now possibly can, given the fragmentary nature of textual and material culture records for ancient Greece. It includes an authoritative introduction, both to the poet and his art and to ancient athletics, alongside brief orientations to the historical context and mythological content of each victory song. The inclusion of a glossary supplies additional mythological and historical information necessary to understanding Pindar's poetry for those coming to the works for the first time. His is the largest body of textual remains that exists for ancient Greece between Homer (conventionally dated to 750 BCE) and the Classical Period (480–323 BCE), and constitutes a rich resource for politics, history, religion, and social practices.

Author : Alan H. Sommerstein,Isabelle C. Torrance
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110384871

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Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece by Alan H. Sommerstein,Isabelle C. Torrance Pdf

The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contribution to social stability and harmony; yet there has been no comprehensive, dedicated scholarly study of the subject for over a century. This volume of a two-volume study explores the nature of oaths as Greeks perceived it, the ways in which they were used (and sometimes abused) in Greek life and literature, and their inherent binding power.

Author : Jordi Alonso
Publisher : Xoxoxpress
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1880977370

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Honeyvoiced by Jordi Alonso Pdf

A first book of poems from an award-winning young poet, inspired by the fragments of Sappho.

Author : Yopie Prins
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780691222158

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Victorian Sappho by Yopie Prins Pdf

What is Sappho, except a name? Although the Greek archaic lyrics attributed to Sappho of Lesbos survive only in fragments, she has been invoked for many centuries as the original woman poet, singing at the origins of a Western lyric tradition. Victorian Sappho traces the emergence of this idealized feminine figure through reconstructions of the Sapphic fragments in late-nineteenth-century England. Yopie Prins argues that the Victorian period is a critical turning point in the history of Sappho's reception; what we now call "Sappho" is in many ways an artifact of Victorian poetics. Prins reads the Sapphic fragments in Greek alongside various English translations and imitations, considering a wide range of Victorian poets--male and female, famous and forgotten--who signed their poetry in the name of Sappho. By "declining" the name in each chapter, the book presents a theoretical argument about the Sapphic signature, as well as a historical account of its implications in Victorian England. Prins explores the relations between classical philology and Victorian poetics, the tropes of lesbian writing, the aesthetics of meter, and nineteenth-century personifications of the "Poetess." as current scholarship on Sappho and her afterlife. Offering a history and theory of lyric as a gendered literary form, the book is an exciting and original contribution to Victorian studies, classical studies, comparative literature, and women's studies.

Author : George Case
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781617130748

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Led Zeppelin FAQ by George Case Pdf

LED ZEPPELIN FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE GREATEST HARD ROCK BAND OF ALL TIME

Author : Serena Facci,Michela Garda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000352658

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The Female Voice in the Twentieth Century by Serena Facci,Michela Garda Pdf

By integrating theoretical approaches to the female voice with the musicological investigation of female singers’ practices, the contributors to this volume offer fresh viewpoints on the material, symbolic and cultural aspects of the female voice in the twentieth century. Various styles and genres are covered, including Western art music, experimental composition, popular music, urban folk and jazz. The volume offers a substantial and innovative appraisal of the role of the female voice from the perspective of twentieth-century performance practices, the centrality of female singers’ experimentations and extended vocal techniques along with the process of the ‘subjectivisation’ of the voice.

Author : Richard Montanari
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345490957

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The Skin Gods by Richard Montanari Pdf

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Richard Montanari's The Echo Man. With the breakneck pacing and intricate plotting of his most recent novel, The Rosary Girls, Richard Montanari established himself as one of the most exciting suspense writers working today. Now he proves himself a virtuoso with The Skin Gods, an explosive new thriller featuring Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano. It is the steaming heart of summer in the City of Brotherly Love. Back on the force after taking a bullet during the arrest of a sadistic murderer, Detective Kevin Byrne warily returns to police headquarters. He cannot shake the memory of the Rosary Killer’ s innocent victims–or his growing sense that the evil has not been vanquished. And when he and his partner, Detective Jessica Balzano, are called in on a bizarre case, Byrne’s gravest suspicions are confirmed. A madman, dubbed The Actor by the homicide unit, is meticulously re-creating Hollywood’s most famous–and most gruesome–death scenes. The first murder is caught on film, spliced into a rented VHS edition of the Hitchcock black-and-white masterpiece Psycho. But in place of Janet Leigh is a real-life woman, and this time, the blood is red and the knife is real. Soon, more thrilling classics are turned into terrifying snuff films and placed on video store shelves for an unsuspecting public to find. The key to this horrific puzzle could lie with any of The Skin Gods’ supporting cast: the A-list Hollywood director, the ruthless executive assistant, the convicted mass murderer–or perhaps someone else who has made a sinister art of gruesome violence. Hot on the psychopath’s trail, Balzano and Byrne descend into the mouth of madness and beyond, deep into the depraved underworld of S&M clubs and the porn industry, where the worship of flesh leads to malevolent evil. Before the final credits roll, the investigators will discover that none of The Actor’s victims are as innocent as they appear to be, and that the clue the police need to prevent future murders might be found in Detective Byrne’s own dark past.

Author : Dictionaries. [Greek-English.]
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000287942

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A copious Greek-English vocabulary, etc by Dictionaries. [Greek-English.] Pdf

Author : Emily I. Dolan,Alexander Rehding
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190637255

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The Oxford Handbook of Timbre by Emily I. Dolan,Alexander Rehding Pdf

Despite its importance as a central feature of musical sounds, timbre has rarely stood in the limelight. First defined in the eighteenth century, denigrated during the nineteenth, the concept of timbre came into its own during the twentieth century and its fascination with synthesizers and electronic music-or so the story goes. But in fact, timbre cuts across all the boundaries that make up musical thought-combining scientific and artistic approaches to music, material and philosophical aspects, and historical and theoretical perspectives. Timbre challenges us to fundamentally reorganize the way we think about music. The twenty-five essays that make up this collection offer a variety of engagements with music from the perspective of timbre. The boundaries are set as broad as possible: from ancient Homeric sounds to contemporary sound installations, from birdsong to cochlear implants, from Tuvan overtone singing to the tv show The Voice, from violin mutes to Moog synthesizers. What unifies the essays across this vast diversity is the material starting point of the sounding object. This focus on the listening experience is radical departure from the musical work that has traditionally dominated musical discourse since its academic inception in late-nineteenth-century Europe. Timbre remains a slippery concept that has continuously demanded more, be it more precise vocabulary, a more systematic theory, or more rigorous analysis. Rooted in the psychology of listening, timbre consistently resists pinning complete down. This collection of essays provides an invitation for further engagement with the range of fascinating questions that timbre opens up.

Author : Pindar
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191604737

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The Complete Odes by Pindar Pdf

'we can speak of no greater contest than Olympia' The Greek poet Pindar (c. 518-428 BC) composed victory odes for winners in the ancient Games, including the Olympics. He celebrated the victories of athletes competing in foot races, horse races, boxing, wrestling, all-in fighting and the pentathlon, and his Odes are fascinating not only for their poetic qualities, but for what they tell us about the Games. Pindar praises the victor by comparing him to mythical heroes and the gods, but also reminds the athlete of his human limitations. The Odes contain versions of some of the best known Greek myths, such as Jason and the Argonauts, and Perseus and Medusa, and are a valuable source for Greek religion and ethics. Pindar's startling use of language - striking metaphors, bold syntax, enigmatic expressions - makes reading his poetry a uniquely rewarding experience. Anthony Verity's lucid translations are complemented by an introduction and notes that provide insight into competition, myth, and meaning. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Thea S. Thorsen,Stephen Harrison
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192564818

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Roman Receptions of Sappho by Thea S. Thorsen,Stephen Harrison Pdf

Sappho, a towering figure in Western culture, is an exemplary case in the history of classical receptions. There are three prominent reasons for this. Firstly, Sappho is associated with some of the earliest poetry in the classical tradition, which makes her reception history one of the longest we know of. Furthermore, Sappho's poetry promotes ideologically challenging concepts such as female authority and homoeroticism, which have prompted very conspicuous interpretative strategies to deal with issues of gender and sexuality, revealing the values of the societies that have received her works through time. Finally, Sappho's legacy has been very well explored from the perspective of reception studies: important investigations have been made into responses both to her as poet-figure and to her poetry from her earliest reception through to our own time. However, one of the few eras in Sappho's longstanding reception history that has not been systematically explored before this volume is the Roman period. The omission is a paradox. Receptions of Sappho can be traced in more than eighteen Roman poets, among them many of the most central authors in the history of Latin literature. Surely, few other Greek poets can rival the impact of Sappho at Rome. This important fact calls out for a systematic approach to Sappho's Roman reception, which is the aim of Roman Receptions of Sappho that focuses on the poetry of the central period of Roman literary history, from the time of Lucretius to that of Martial.

Author : Richard Montanari
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 1343 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345534545

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Four Novels of Suspense by Richard Montanari Pdf

In internationally bestselling author Richard Montanari’s acclaimed suspense series, veteran homicide cops Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano crack some of the most shocking and terrifying cases ever to hit Philadelphia. From a killer who re-creates Hollywood death scenes to a madman who uses the City of Brotherly Love as his gruesome game board, Byrne and Balzano have seen it all in their relentless pursuit of justice. This convenient eBook bundle takes you back to the beginning with four chilling novels: The Rosary Girls, The Skin Gods, Merciless, and Badlands. Includes an excerpt from Richard Montanari’s The Echo Man, now available exclusively as an eBook. Of this explosive new thriller, bestselling author Thomas Cook raves: “With The Echo Man, we are in the hands of one of the best in the business.”

Author : Simon Goldhill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009478212

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The Poet's Voice by Simon Goldhill Pdf

Invaluable guide to ancient Greek literature and literary theory through the representation of poetry and the figure of the poet.

Author : Peter Agócs,Chris Carey,Richard Rawles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139536387

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Reading the Victory Ode by Peter Agócs,Chris Carey,Richard Rawles Pdf

The victory ode was a short-lived poetic genre in the fifth century BC, but its impact has been substantial. Pindar, Bacchylides and others are now among the most widely read Greek authors precisely because of their significance for the literary development of poetry between Homer and tragedy and their historical involvement in promoting Greek rulers. Their influence was so great that it ultimately helped to define the European notion of lyric from the Renaissance onwards. This collection of essays by international experts examines the victory ode from a range of angles: its genesis and evolution, the nature of the commissioning process, the patrons, context of performance and re-performance, and the poetics of the victory ode and its exponents. From these different perspectives the contributors offer both a panoramic view of the genre and an insight into the modern research positions on this complex and fascinating subject.

Author : Nigel Nicholson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 052184522X

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Aristocracy and Athletics in Archaic and Classical Greece by Nigel Nicholson Pdf

In this book, Nicholson examines how aristocrats responded to the changes in athletics as they affected social structure.