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

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

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Series: Roman World

Literary Criticism

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ISBN10: 1905125097
ISBN13: 9781905125098
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
Published: Jun 1 2006
Pages: 250
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.42 Depth: 9.27
Language: English
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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