"A deft and needful companion text for the critical classicist. The authors invite readers to think through the complex history and identity of classics through a series of interconnected concepts, launching a manifold inquiry into what it means to do classics"
Theurgy is commonly taken to denote a complex of rites which are based on the so-called Chaldean Oracles, a collection of oracles in hexameters, which were probably composed during the late 2nd century AD. These rituals are mostly known through Neoplatonic sources, who engage in a passionate debate about their relevance to the salvation of the soul and thus to the philosopher's ultimate goal.
The Iliad, the greatest of epic poems, still astonishes by its graphic brilliance, depth of humanity, and masterly construction. Martin West puts himself in the poet's shoes and reconstructs his aims and methods and the process by which he built up his mighty work and fixed it in writing.
This companion to Ovid features more than 30 newly commissioned essays dealing with such topics as production, genre, and style. It presents interpretive essays on key poems and collections of poems, includes detailed discussions of Ovid's primary literary influences and his reception in English literature.
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