Egypt Ethiopia And The Greek Novel
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Egypt Ethiopia And The Greek Novel
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Author : Robert Cioffi
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024-03-07
Egypt Ethiopia And The Greek Novel written by Robert Cioffi and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
There is no region more central to the ancient Greek romance novel than the thousand or so miles stretching from Alexandria to ancient Ethiopia that comprise the Nile River Valley. Yet, for all its importance, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Greek Novel: Between Representation and Resistance is the first book-length study of how this region is depicted in a literary genre whose fictional tales of love, travel, separation, and reunion flourished during the Roman imperial period. Employing approaches from Literary Studies, Classics, and Egyptology, Robert Cioffi explores the Nile River Valley in the ancient Greek romance novel through two fundamentally related concepts: representation and resistance. On the one hand, these novels develop an image of Egypt and Ethiopia that is in close dialogue with the Greco-Roman ethnographic tradition, characterized by extraordinary marvels such as grand cities, ancient religious rites, and a dizzying array of animals—some real, some imaginary, and some so incredible as to seem make-believe. On the other hand, this depiction often figures Egypt and Ethiopia as sites of resistance, revolt, and rebellion against—or political, cultural, and religious alternatives to—an array of dominant imperial powers in the region, from the Persians to the Romans. This dual reading enriches our understanding of these texts' relationship with the real and imagined frontiers of Roman political, military, and intellectual power. It also raises a broader set of questions—some literary, some cultural-historical—about the interrelation of humans, their environment, and the topographies of cultural identity in the Roman empire.
An Ethiopian History Written In Greek By Heliodorus 1895
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Author : Heliodorus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-06-01
An Ethiopian History Written In Greek By Heliodorus 1895 written by Heliodorus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-01 with categories.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Letters From Egypt Ethiopa And The Peninsula Of Sinai
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Author : Richard Lepsius
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1853
Letters From Egypt Ethiopa And The Peninsula Of Sinai written by Richard Lepsius and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1853 with Bible categories.
Heliodorus
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Author : Heliodorus (of Emesa.)
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 1999-01-29
Heliodorus written by Heliodorus (of Emesa.) and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-29 with Fiction categories.
The central love-struck characters are Charicles, the beautiful daughter of the Ethiopian queen, and Theagenes, a Thessalian aristocrat. The story unfolds with all the twists and devices any writer would employ today, with the added attractions of dreams, oracles, and exotic locales in the ancient Mediterranean and Africa."--BOOK JACKET.
Nubia And Abyssinia
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Author : Michael Russell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1833
Nubia And Abyssinia written by Michael Russell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1833 with Ethiopia categories.
A History Of Ethiopia Volume I Routledge Revivals
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Author : E. A. Wallis Budge
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-08-01
A History Of Ethiopia Volume I Routledge Revivals written by E. A. Wallis Budge and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-01 with History categories.
This, the first volume of Sir E. A. Wallis Budge’s The History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia, first published in 1928, presents an account of Ethiopian history from the earliest legendary and mythic records up until the death of King Lebna Dengel in 1540. Using a vast range of sources – Greek and Roman reports, Biblical passages, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Ethiopian chronicles – an enthralling narrative history is presented with clarity. This reissue will be of particular interest to students of Ancient Egyptian culture, religion and history.
Noscendi Nilum Cupido
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Author : Eleni Manolaraki
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Noscendi Nilum Cupido written by Eleni Manolaraki and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with History categories.
What significations did Egypt have for the Romans a century after Actium and afterwards? How did Greek imperial authors respond to the Roman fascination with the Nile? This book explores Egypt's aftermath beyond the hostility of Augustan rhetoric, and Greek and Roman topoi of Egyptian "barbarism." Set against history and material culture, Julio-Claudian, Flavian, Antonine, and Severan authors reveal a multivalent Egypt that defines Rome's increasingly diffuse identity while remaining a tertium quid between Roman Selfhood and foreign Otherness. Vespasian's Alexandrian uprising, his recognition of Egypt as his power basis, and his patronage of Isis re-conceptualize Egypt past the ideology of Augustan conquest. The imperialistic exhilaration and moral angst attending Rome's Flavian cosmopolitanism find an expressive means in the geographically and semantically nebulous Nile. The rapprochement with Egypt continues in the second and early third centuries. The "Hellenic" Antonines and the African-Syrian Severans expand perceptions of geography and identity within an increasingly decentralized and diverse empire. In the political and cultural discourses of this period, the capacious symbolics of Egypt validate the empire's religious and ethnic pluralism.
Egypt Nubia And Ethiopia
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Author : Joseph Bonomi
language : en
Publisher: Рипол Классик
Release Date : 1862
Egypt Nubia And Ethiopia written by Joseph Bonomi and has been published by Рипол Классик this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1862 with History categories.
Collected Ancient Greek Novels
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Author : B. P. Reardon
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2008-07-08
Collected Ancient Greek Novels written by B. P. Reardon and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-08 with Fiction categories.
Nine complete stories are included here as well as ten others, encompassing the whole range of classical themes: ideal romance, travel adventure, historical fiction, and comic parody. A new foreword examines the enormous impact this collection has had on our understanding of classical thought and our concept of the novel.
The Antiquities Of Egypt
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Author : Diodore de Sicile
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date : 1990-01-01
The Antiquities Of Egypt written by Diodore de Sicile and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Diodorus Siculus, a prolific Greek historian of the first century B.C., wrote a detailed account of ancient Egypt for his contemporaries. Even then, Egyptian civilization was ancient, stretching back to eras far more remote to him than Greek civilization is to us. Egypt was a land of mystery to the Greeks. Its pyramids were inexplicable, its writings undecipherable, its religion unfathomable. Its strange laws and stranger customs, such as mummification, were perplexing. The very land itself was mysterious: no one knew the source of the Nile or why it overflowed its banks each year with never a drop of rain. The history and mysteries of Egypt were the sole subject of the Book I of the Library of History, Diodorus' encyclopedic attempt to gather all the historical knowledge of the world into one vast book. The Antiquities of Egypt is the first translation of Diodorus' treatise prepared especially for the general reader but it will appeal to a wide range of scholars and specialists as well. The only other English version in print is a literal accompaniment to the edited Greek text, published over fifty years ago. This new translation is accurate and easy to read, while the notes and appendices amplify and elucidate the text setting the narrative in historical and cultural perspective for the nonspecialist. The illustrations add a graphic support to the text. Students and teachers of ancient history, Egyptology, archeology, and anthropology will find Antiquities of Egypt both accessible and valuable. Specialists in literature, mythology, and comparative religion will find it absorbing and useful introduction to early source material in their fields of study. Edwin Murphy is an independent scholar specializing in ancient and medieval history. He is employed in the Treasury Department, Washington D.C. Murphy has also translated Book II of Diodorus' Library of History, The Antiquities of Asia, also published by Transaction.