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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosenmeyer, Patricia A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Memnon > (Mythological character) > Statues > Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
Memnon > (Mythological character) > Cult > Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
Memnon > (Mythological character)
Inscriptions, Greek > Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
Inscriptions, Latin > Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
Pilgrims and pilgrimages > Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
Egypt > Civilization > 332 B.C.-638 A.D.
Civilization.
Cults.
Inscriptions, Greek.
Inscriptions, Latin.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Statues.
Egypt.
Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
332 B.C.-638 A.D.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.