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A collection of articles dealing with the reception of classical texts in the Middle Ages. The book was published in celebration of Professor Birger Munk Olsen's 60th birthday.

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A poem by Theognis; a note on Pindar "Olympian" i, 26 and the critics; cardinal virtues - the language of public approbation in democratic Athens; the regular payment of Aegean mercenaries in the Classical period; the physicality of god in the "Politicus" myth and in the later dialogues; the "Ambrose" text of Alexander and the Brahmans; "Qui Mare Teneat" (Cic. Att. 10.8) - Caesar Pompey and the waves; "pre-history" in the 9th-century manuscript "Ad Herennium"; Gregory Nazianzen's "Homily 36" - a Socratic response to Christian persecution; the rediscovery of Arnulf of Orleans's glosses to Ovid's creation myth; corectio theatrali bei Johannes von Garlandia.

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      Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/1995
      ISBN13: 9788772893570, 978-8772893570
      ISBN10: 8772893575
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A collection of articles dealing with the reception of classical texts in the Middle Ages. The book was published in celebration of Professor Birger Munk Olsen's 60th birthday.

      Table of Contents
      A poem by Theognis; a note on Pindar "Olympian" i, 26 and the critics; cardinal virtues - the language of public approbation in democratic Athens; the regular payment of Aegean mercenaries in the Classical period; the physicality of god in the "Politicus" myth and in the later dialogues; the "Ambrose" text of Alexander and the Brahmans; "Qui Mare Teneat" (Cic. Att. 10.8) - Caesar Pompey and the waves; "pre-history" in the 9th-century manuscript "Ad Herennium"; Gregory Nazianzen's "Homily 36" - a Socratic response to Christian persecution; the rediscovery of Arnulf of Orleans's glosses to Ovid's creation myth; corectio theatrali bei Johannes von Garlandia.

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