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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Scholarship Online,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 relation to Hellenistic and imperial Greek. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1299476112 9781299476110 9780191745843 0191745847 |