The language of ruins : Greek and Latin inscriptions on the Memnon colossus

Title
  1. The language of ruins : Greek and Latin inscriptions on the Memnon colossus / Patricia A. Rosenmeyer.
Published by
  1. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Author
  1. Rosenmeyer, Patricia A.

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Description
  1. xx, 265 pages; 25 cm
Subject
  1. Memnon (Mythological character)
  2. Inscriptions, Latin
  3. Inscriptions, Greek
  4. Pilgrims and pilgrimages
  5. Egypt > Civilization > 332 B.C.-638 A.D
  6. Civilization
  7. Memnon (Mythological character) > Cult > Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
  8. Inscriptions, Latin > Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
  9. Statues
  10. Inscriptions, Greek > Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
  11. Memnon (Mythological character) > Statues > Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
  12. Cults
  13. Pilgrims and pilgrimages > Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
  14. Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
  15. 332 B.C.-638 A.D
Contents
  1. Reading the colossus: the Memnon inscriptions -- Worshipping the colossus: sacred tourism at Thebes -- Talking with the colossus: the rhetoric of address -- Homeric Memnon -- Sapphic Memnon -- Modern Memnon.
Call number
  1. JFE 18-4600
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Author
  1. Rosenmeyer, Patricia A., author.
Title
  1. The language of ruins : Greek and Latin inscriptions on the Memnon colossus / Patricia A. Rosenmeyer.
Publisher
  1. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Chronological term
  1. 332 B.C.-638 A.D.
LCCN
  1. 2017049334
Other standard identifier
  1. 40028126627
ISBN
  1. 9780190626310 hardcover
  2. 0190626313 hardcover
Research call number
  1. JFE 18-4600
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