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Author:   Antje Wessels ,  Jacqueline Klooster
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   2
Weight:   0.508kg
ISBN:  

9789004500143

ISBN 10:   9004500146
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   09 December 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: Inventing Anchors? Aetiological Thinking in Greek and Roman Antiquity  Antje Wessels and Jacqueline Klooster PART 1: Aetiological Thinking. Old & New. From Present to Past to Future 1 Anchoring Innovations through Aetiology  Annette Harder 2 The Parallels between Aetiology and Prophecy in Ancient Literature. Hindsight as Foresight Makes Sense  Jacqueline Klooster PART 2: Aetiology and Politics 3 Veterem atque antiquam rem novam ad vos proferam. A New Drama, a Surprised Audience, and a ‘Live Aetiology’. Performing the Origin of the Amphitruo  Andrea de March 4 Callimachus Romanus. Propertius’ Love Elegy and the Aetiology of Empire  Alexander Kirichenko 5 The Origins of Rome in the Renaissance. Revival & Reinvention, Rejection & Replacement  Susanna de Beer PART 3: Aetiology in Myth and Science. From Religion to Research 6 Resistance to Origins. Cult Foundation in the Myths of Dionysus, Apollo, and Demeter  Susanne Gödde 7 Beginning with Hermes: Promoting Hermeticism through Aetiology in Corpus Hermeticum 1  Sean E. McGrath 8 The Aetiology of Myth  Hugo Koning 9 Patroclus Was a Parasite. Lucian’s Satirical Aitia  Inger N.I. Kuin 10 Crossing Borders. Aetiological Overlap in Plutarch’s Collections of Questions  Michiel Meeusen Index

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Antje Wessels, Dr. phil. (2001), University of Heidelberg, Habilitation (2011), Free University Berlin, is Full Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Leiden University. She has published books on aesthetic theory, history of scholarship, and reception of antiquity. Jacqueline Klooster, PhD (2009), University of Groningen, is assistant professor of Greek Literature. She has published widely on Hellenistic Poetry and other topics, including the monograph Poetry as Window and Mirror. Positioning the Poet in Hellenistic Poetry (Brill, 2011). Contributors are Susanna de Beer, Susanne Gödde, Annette Harder, Alexander Kirichenko, Jacqueline Klooster, Hugo Koning, Inger N.I. Kuin, Andrea de March, Sean E. McGrath, Michiel Meeusen, Antje Wessels.

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