From Polypragmon to Curiosus : Ancient Concepts of Curious and Meddlesome.

This is a study of how Greek and Latin writers describe curious meddlesome, and exaggerated behaviour. Founded on a family of Greek terms, and the Latin words used to describe them, Leigh surveys how they were used in Greek literature from the 5th and 4th centuries BC and their Latin usage in relati...

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Main Author:	Leigh, Matthew
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Scholarship Online, 2013.
Subjects:	Human behavior in literature. Curiosity in literature. Greek literature > History and criticism. Latin literature > History and criticism. Comportement humain dans la littérature. Curiosité dans la littérature. Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique. Littérature latine > Histoire et critique. Curiosity in literature Greek literature Human behavior in literature Latin literature Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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