The Language of Ruins: Greek and Latin Inscriptions on the Memnon Colossus

ISBN-13: 9780190626310 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 296 str.

Patricia A. Rosenmeyer

Opis

The first critical assessment of all the inscriptions discovered at the Memnon colossus considered in their social, cultural, and historical context.

Recenzje

The statue of Memnon in Egypt, whose voice, it is said, was heard at sunrise from its absent head, was a popular tourist site under the Empire, and an irresistible opportunity for inscription, ranging from graffiti to literary composition. Rosenmeyer, with charm and skill, follows the many traces of this uncanny story, from ancient to modern times.

O autorze

Patricia A. Rosenmeyer is George L. Paddison Professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.