This volume features an international group of experts on the literature, philosophy, and religion of the ancient Mediterranean world. Each paper makes a unique
Writing does not begin and end with the encoding of an idea into a group of symbols. It is practiced by people who have learnt its principles and acquired the t
Presenting a range of Neo-Latin poems written by distinguished classical scholars across Europe from c. 1490 to c. 1900, this anthology includes a selection of
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