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rewriting: these are a feminist anti-war stance that is distinct from the anti-war stance of male poets like Seferis; the peace movements of the Cold War period and their political reverberations in Greece in ... briefer if pertinent observations, generally highlighting the political impact of the play on the work of modern poets. In their respective studies, Michelakis and Hall systematically explore subversive
’), which shows awareness of the climate of political unrest and turbulence that affected the country. Rhys’s interpretation of ‘modern’ anticipates what James Milne in ‘The Popular Reprint in England ... . It also invites further reflection on the political and canonizing appeal to the future of publishing which projects as ambitious as Everyman were making. It is only in retrospect that the ‘past’ can
affective model of time that exemplify ‘queer time’.3 Plato himself, in his later dialogues, points to a philosophy of history and periodization, but his own non-linear construction of Socrates’ biography in ... , there is the sense of political and social crisis generating a distinctive experience of temporality, the recognition of a foreshortened future, seen in responses to two events which brought suffering and
which I would add that, while Saunders certainly appreciates that the main thrust of Dicaearchus’s account is ‘to present the life of early man as autarkic, a good thing in Aristotle’s political ... philosophy’, it is difficult to see how it can be construed as ‘only minimally autarkic’, given how much more free from dependence on others his early humans are in comparison to the life of the present
that during this period of acute political stress over issues of national security, Cold War orthodoxies and McCarthyism, creative artists developed distinctive interpretations of Socrates as oblique ... ancient political philosophy re-examining the historical Socrates’ relation to Athenian democracy, as well as work on Socratic philosophy’s capacity to speak to issues in contemporary democratic theory
antiquity itself. Topics that fall within its scope include: the post-classical origins of the term ‘anachronism’ and its application in modern scholarship in Classics and the philosophy of history; the ... presence of anachronism in a variety of classical texts, including drama, historiography, and philosophy, and in material objects; and approaches to the concept in ancient criticism and scholarship. The
Scholars have long debated Aristophanes’ political outlook and the influence of his plays on Athenian life, but what has been underappreciated up to this point is that these dual questions have ... most important and disputed issues were Aristophanes' political views and practical influence. The intensity of these arguments subsided in the late nineteenth century, and a new interpretation emerged
these dialogues in the context of the deeply political nature of his thinking about antiquity. His engagement with ancient poetry and art is matched by extensive consideration of historiography and ... political history, and by a sensitivity to what he saw as the intellectually deleterious effects of institutions that shaped the social life of the ancient world, most prominently organized religion and
The Senate was a central element in the political organization of Republican Rome, despite a considerable degree of imprecision over its exact functions and powers. As subsequent periods attempted to ... to Polybius? work, including its political theory. 7 Lintott (19 : 214 ?32 ); Arena (201 : 81 ?16 ); Atkins (2013 ). 2 election by the people.8 Magistracies were held only for a year; membership of
prerequisite ? as well as rhetoric, dialectic, and moral and political philosophy. Aristotle?s Politics, for instance, which is on Jardine?s list, attracted extensive attention in England in the sixteenth ... expertise. His Greek selection may have also been linked with his recent publication of the political prose of Euripides? celebrated translator, George Buchanan.76 Indeed, two years later, by Euripides that
, Modernist and Early Twentieth-Century Studies, Philosophy, and Political Theory. The discussions also intersect with recent work in the fields of Gender, Trauma, and International Peace Studies. Most of the ... neatly aligned with their respective imperial structures and political aspirations. However, as this collection of papers will demonstrate, in this traumatic period Classics was drawn upon to articulate
journal articles, which included ‘reception’ in their titles or summaries; topics covered authors, literary motifs, political structures, music, philosophers and their writings, and material objects. In ... hostility and suspicion addressed to the ‘outer’ learning that threatened the ‘inner’. Until very recently modern scholarship has been inclined to consider the philosophy practised by the Byzantines as
play Caligula. These receptions will then be situated within the political and literary contexts in which Camus wrote, particularly that of colonialism. Camus' reception of the ancient world reveals much ... as a writer and also of the cultural and political context in which he wrote. Camus represents a vitally important example of classical reception in two major ways. First, he sits at a confluence of
-Christian morality, fascism and even Nazism.84 However, even once significant changes within the collective values of society and a cooling of the political climate surrounding World War II allowed these ... , 2014 ). W. Burkert, Greek Religion. tr. John Raffan (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1985 ). P. Byrne, ‘Feminism and God’, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 37 .3 (195 F. Carla´ and F. Freitag
) for an account of this approach. 6 See Porter (20 7 See also Benne (205 ), which concentrates on how Nietzsche uses philological techniques in his later philosophy, and M u?ller (205 ), which stresses ... the different roles that the Greeks play in Nietzsche?s philosophy but does not analyse Prometheus. 8 Mu? ller (205 : 6 ?7 ) provides a short account of how the German educational system fuelled this
centuries in the name of the picturesque, and viewed as a delightful retreat where Xenophon could find escape from the political turmoil of contemporary Greece and devote himself to writing and philosophy ... , afforded an extraordinary insight into Socrates and his circle. As well as discussing the relative value of philosophy and the pursuit of money and political honours, the letters also had a delightful
Labdacids In Blind, a poem written in mid-December 1945 02 , allusions to the Labdacid myth (and to (Neo)Platonic philosophy) are intertwined with transparent references to the political situation in Greece ... Front (EAM), the communist-backed guerrilla organization that had played a crucial role in the resistance against the German occupation forces, announced that a large political rally was to be held in
would be mistaken, however, to equate this lack of visibility with insignificance and absence. Since the s, research into women's history has shown that women were present in the political, religious, and ... de?pouillement des pe?riodiques italiens qui pre?sentaient encore des lacunes? (APh 8 , 4391 : VII). Ernst?s ?Docteur e`s lettres? (Doctor of Philosophy) is based on the honorary doctorate conferred
political and theatrical canvassing is significant if the writer has already figured as 08 18 28 38 MERCURIUS. or if any people should try to canvass the palm for these actors or any artist, through letters ... those who canvass on their own behalf (whether in the theatre, or for political office). The addition of 72 (on the aediles) further complicates matters. 95 by 68 (81 ?85 ): Jupiter earlier in the
was not a result of reception alone, but was fed by many different streams. When I went to Oxford in 1968, Latin poetry ended with Juvenal, philosophy was confined to Plato and Aristotle, history ... humanism, the studia humanitatis — comprising grammar, rhetoric, history, literary studies, moral philosophy, all based on the study of ancient texts. Humanism can be linked with major developments in art