Distant Companions: Selected Papers
- ISBN-10
- 9004110542
- ISBN-13
- 9789004110540
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 268
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Author
- C. M. J. Sicking
Description
These papers on Greek literature, historiography and philosophy and on the history of classical scholarship seek to explore the consequences of the paradoxical combination of interpreting messages from a distant past and at the same time vindicating their relevance to contemporary civilization.
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