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.
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1299476112
9781299476110
9780191745843
0191745847