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Horatian Urbanity in Hesiod's Works and Days Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 35
ISBN: 9781607246497
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Prof. Rand uses references to Hesiod's work in other authors to defend and uphold the received text of Works and Days.
Linguistic Notes on the Shahbazgarhi and Mansehra Redactions of Asoka's Fourteen-Edicts Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 28
ISBN: 9781607246442
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Truman Michelson explores the spelling variants among copies of the Edicts of Ashoka, a legal document in Sanskrit.
On the Recession of the Latin Accent in Connection with Monosyllabic Words and the Traditional Word-Order Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 56
ISBN: 9781607246299
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Prof. Radford uses early Latin poetry to examine patterns of vowel quantity in early spoken Latin.
Problems in Greek Syntax Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 27
ISBN: 9781607246244
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Basil Gildersleeve discusses certain difficulties in codifying Greek syntax.
Recognition Scenes in Greek Literature Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 34
ISBN: 9781607246459
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Prof. Perrin uses Aristotle's Poetics to classify and analyze the various sorts of recognition scenes found in surviving Greek literature.
Root Reducibility in Polynesian Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781607246367
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
William Churchill's essay on roots in Polynesian language, challenging the Euro-centric scholarship of traditional linguistics.
Some Irregular Forms of the Elegiac Distich Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 30
ISBN: 9781607246220
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Kirby Flower Smith explores the development of Greek and Latin elegiac meter from its origins to Imperial Rome.
The Classical Origin and Tradition of Literary Conceits Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 28
ISBN: 9781607246541
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Prof. Ogle traces the Classical roots of descriptions of feminine beauty in poetry of the English renaissance.
The Gerund and Gerundive in Livy Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 26
ISBN: 9781607246398
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
R. B. Steele classifies Livy's use of the gerund and gerundive in his history of Rome, providing insight into the regular useage of this rather irregular feature of Latin grammar.
The Hindu Beast Fable in the Light of Recent Studies Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 54
ISBN: 9781607246589
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Edgerton's review of Hertel's text of the Paficatantra with specific reference to Hertel's interpretation of the Beast myth.
The Imperfect Indicative in Early Latin Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 29
ISBN: 9781607246275
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Prof. Wheeler traces the development of the Latin imperfect from its earliest roots to its later simplification.
The Indo-Iranian Nasal Verbs Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 85
ISBN: 9781607246282
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Edwin Fay's mathematical model for the patterns of mutations in nasal Sanskrit verbs.
The Moods of Indirect Quotation Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 29
ISBN: 9781607246350
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
A discussion of the psycology behind tense and mood choice in Latin indirect speech.
The Order of Conditional Thought Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 55
ISBN: 9781607246268
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Prof. Nutting surveys and explains the psycological reasoning behind the conditional sentence, providing context for the often confusing grammatical constructions they present.
The Origin and Meaning of the Ancient Characters of Style Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 43
ISBN: 9781607246329
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Prof. Hendrickson traces the legacy of Greek rhetorical theory in the writings of Cicero.
The Significance of the Parodoi in the Greek Theater Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 26
ISBN: 9781607246503
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Kelley Rees examines the question of whether or not the parodoi of Greco-Roman theaters conventionally represented specific destinations relative to the city/ stage.