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What's in a Name? : The Significance of Proper Names in Classical Latin Literature
by Joan Booth and Robert Maltby
Overview
Latin poets and prose writers of the classical period and later used - and withheld - names subtly and to important effect. Here, in eleven new essays, an eminent international cast explore themes which include 'speaking' names, often involving bilingual Latin/Greek play; the ways in which persons and objects are named in contexts of invective or endearment; the significant suppression or changing of names; the religious and historical significances of names; the uses of names in literary catalogues; names as devices to structure a group of shorter poems.
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- ISBN-13: 9781905125098
- ISBN-10: 1905125097
- Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
- Publish Date: June 2006
- Dimensions: 9.27 x 6.42 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.09 pounds
- Page Count: 250
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