What's in a Name?: The Significance of Proper Names in Classical Latin Literature

ISBN-13: 9781905125098 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 2 str.

Joan Booth;Robert Maltby

Opis

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.