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How was the unique character of the island of Cyprus perceived in antiquity? This volume aims to engage with this question by examining references to Cyprus in ancient texts and by exploring authors connected to the island. The readers can thus find literary interpretations on a wide range of Greek and Latin texts focusing on Cyprus by world-leading Classical scholars, which will cast further light on the literary and cultural tradition of the island. The book promises to motivate further exploration of these topics and of the influence of a place in ancient literature and beyond.
How was the unique character of the island of Cyprus perceived in antiquity? This volume aims to engage with this question by examining references to Cyprus in ancient texts and by exploring authors connected to the island. The readers can thus find literary interpretations on a wide range of Gre...
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Katerina Carvounis, D.Phil. (2005), University of Oxford, is Assistant Professor in Ancient Greek Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has published extensively on Greek epic, including A Commentary on Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica 14 (OUP 2019).
Andreas Gavrielatos, Ph.D. (2013), University of Leeds, is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading. He has published articles and edited volumes on Latin literature and Multilculturalism in the Roman World.
Grammatiki Karla, Ph.D. (2000), Freie Universität Berlin, is Associate Professor in Ancient Greek Literature at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has published books and many articles on ancient Greek popular literature and rhetorical texts of Late Antiquity.
Amphilochios Papathomas, Ph.D. (1994), Heidelberg University, is Professor of Ancient Greek Literature and Papyrology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has published extensively on numerous aspects of Ancient Greek Literature and Papyrology.
Contributors are: Christos Fakas, Patrick J. Finglass, William Hutton, Nikoletta Kanavou, Adrian Kelly, Stephanos Matthaios, Fritz Mitthof, Athina Papachrysostomou, Michael Paschalis, Antonis K. Petrides, Silvia Susana Reyes, Marcela Alejandra Ristorto, Emilia Savva, Diana Spencer, Vassilios P. Vertoudakis, Andreas Voskos
Andreas Gavrielatos, Ph.D. (2013), University of Leeds, is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading. He has published articles and edited volumes on Latin literature and Multilculturalism in the Roman World.
Grammatiki Karla, Ph.D. (2000), Freie Universität Berlin, is Associate Professor in Ancient Greek Literature at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has published books and many articles on ancient Greek popular literature and rhetorical texts of Late Antiquity.
Amphilochios Papathomas, Ph.D. (1994), Heidelberg University, is Professor of Ancient Greek Literature and Papyrology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has published extensively on numerous aspects of Ancient Greek Literature and Papyrology.
Contributors are: Christos Fakas, Patrick J. Finglass, William Hutton, Nikoletta Kanavou, Adrian Kelly, Stephanos Matthaios, Fritz Mitthof, Athina Papachrysostomou, Michael Paschalis, Antonis K. Petrides, Silvia Susana Reyes, Marcela Alejandra Ristorto, Emilia Savva, Diana Spencer, Vassilios P. Vertoudakis, Andreas Voskos
Katerina Carvounis, D.Phil. (2005), University of Oxford, is Assistant Professor in Ancient Greek Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has published extensively on Greek epic, including A Commentary on Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica 14 (OUP 2019).
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