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1	Oedipus Tyrannus: Tragic Heroism and the Limits of Knowledge more books like this by Professor Charles Segal Oedipus Tyrannus: Tragic Heroism and the Limits of Knowledge, 2/e, is an accessible yet in-depth literary study of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus (Oedipus Rex)--the most famous Greek tragedy and one of the greatest masterpieces of world literature. This unique volume combines a close, scene-by-scene literary analysis of the text with an account of ... see all copies from $7.02! new only from $28.03!
2	Singers, Heroes, and Gods in the Odyssey more books like this by Professor Charles Segal One of the special charms of the Odyssey, according to Charles Segal, is the way it transports readers to fascinating places. Yet despite the appeal of its narrative, the Odyssey is fully understood only when its style, design, and mythical patterns are taken into account as well. Bringing a new richness to interpretation of this epic, Segal looks ... see all copies from $11.17! new only from $21.95!
3	Dionysiac Poetics & Euripides' Bacchae more books like this by Professor Charles Segal In his play Bacchae, Euripides chooses as his central figure the god who crosses the boundaries among god, man, and beast, between reality and imagination, and between art and madness. In so doing, he explores what in tragedy is able to reach beyond the social, ritual, and historical context from which tragedy itself rises. Charles Segal's reading ... see all copies from $41.87! new only from $44.80!
4	Sophocles Tragic World P more books like this by Professor Charles Segal Much has been written about the heroic figures of Sophocles' dramas. Here Charles Segal focuses not on individual heroes and heroines, but on the world that inspired and motivated their actions - a universe of family, city, nature, and the supernatural. In a series of interconnected essays, Segal studies five of Sophocles' seven extant plays: ... see all copies from $25.76! new only from $25.76! \| SVS
5	Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 99, more books like this by Professor Charles Segal (Editor), Richard F Thomas (Editor), Christopher P Jones (Editor) Volume 99 of "Harvard Studies in Classical Philology" will include, among others, the following contributions: Francis Cairns, "Virgil "Eclogue" 1.1-2: A Literary Programme?"; Wendell Clausen, "Propertius 2-32-35-6"; Nancy Felson, "Vicarious Transport: Fictive Deixis in Pindar's "Pythian" Four"; Bernard Frischer et al., "Word-Order Transference ... see all copies from $11.67! new only from $45.21!
6	Orpheus: The Myth of the Poet more books like this by Professor Charles Segal Charles Segal surveys the literary treatment of the Orpheus myth as the myth of the essence of poetry - the ability to encounter the fullest possible intensity of beauty and sorrow and to transform them into song. The first half of the book concentrates on the ancient literary tradition, from the myth's Greek origins through the influential poetic ... see all copies from $80.99! new only from $99.00!
7	Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 100, more books like this by Professor Charles Segal (Editor) This volume celebrates 100 years of Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. It contains essays by Harvard faculty, emeriti, currently enrolled graduate students and most recent Ph.D.s. It displays the range and diversity of the study of the Classics at Harvard at the beginning of the 21st century. Contributors to volume 100 include: Ernst Badian ... see all copies from $50.42! new only from $50.42!
8	Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 101, more books like this by Department Of Classics Harvard University, Professor Charles Segal (Editor) Volume 101 of Harvard Studies in Classical Philology will include the following contributions: Lucia Athanassaki, "Transformations of Colonial Disruption into Narrative Continuity in Pindar's Epinician Odes"; Christina Clark, "Minos' Touch and Theseus' Glare: Gestures in Bakkhylides 17"; James J. Clauss, "Once upon a Time on Cos: A Banquet with ... see all copies from $51.99! new only from $51.99!
9	Sophocles' Tragic World: Divinity, Nature, Society more books like this by Professor Charles Segal Much has been written about the heroic figures of Sophocles' powerful dramas. Now Charles Segal focuses our attention not on individual heroes and heroines, but on the world that inspired and motivated their actions--a universe of family, city, nature, and the supernatural. He shows how these ancient masterpieces offer insight into the abiding ... see all copies from $36.45!
10	Aglaia: The Poetry of Alcman, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna: The Poetry of Alcman, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna more books like this by Professor Charles Segal In this landmark collection of essays, renowned classicist Charles Segal offers detailed analyses of major texts from archaic and early classical Greek poetry - in particular, works of Alcman, Mimnermus, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna. Segal provides close readings of the texts, and then studies the literary form and language of early ... see all copies from $84.28! new only from $84.28!
11	Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 97, Greece in Rome: Influence, Integration, Resistance more books like this by Professor Charles Segal (Editor) Volume 97 of "Harvard Studies in Classical Philology "is a special issue, entitled "Greece in Rome," comprising revised versions of papers presented at a Loeb Classical Conference on the question of the Greek influence on Roman culture, with a particular though not exclusive emphasis on the Augustan period. The papers reflect the complexity of the ... see all copies from $49.89! new only from $49.89!
12 view cover	Aglaia: The Poetry of Alcman, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna more books like this by Professor Charles Segal Summary Of The Book: In this landmark collection of essays, renowned classicist Charles Segal offers detailed analyses of major texts from archaic and early classical Greek poetry; in particular, works of Alcman, Mimnermus, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna. Segal provides close readings of the texts, and then studies the literary form and ... see all copies from $69.00!
13	Genres and Readers: Lucretius, Love Elegy, Pliny's Encyclopedia more books like this by Professor Gian Biagio Conte, Glenn W Most (Translator), Professor Charles Segal (Designer) In this translated work, Italy's leading Latinist brings together five of his most stimulating essays on the convergence of poetics and philosophy in Latin literature. Writing on Lucretius's "De Rerum Natura", Conte shows how reader-response criticism, genre theory, and literary story work together to illuminate a great poem. His study of Ovid's ... see all copies from $75.00! first editions

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