1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449719203321

Autore

Theocritus

Titolo

Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus [[electronic resource] /] / Theocritus ; text and translation with introduction and commentary by Richard Hunter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003

ISBN

9786612356964

0-520-92937-3

1-282-35696-8

1-59734-596-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Hellenistic culture and society ; ; 39

Altri autori (Persone)

HunterR. L (Richard L.)

Disciplina

884/.01

Soggetti

LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-218) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CONVENTIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction -- Sigla -- Commentary -- REFERENCES -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX OF GREEK WORDS -- INDEX LOCORUM

Sommario/riassunto

Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century B.C.E., Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. Theocritus's poem in praise of Philadelphus-at once a Greek king and an Egyptian pharaoh-is the only extended poetic tribute to this extraordinary ruler that survives. Combining the Greek text, an English translation, a full line-by-line commentary, and extensive introductory studies of the poem's historical and literary context, this volume also offers a wide-ranging and far-reaching consideration of the workings and representation of poetic patronage in the Ptolemaic age. In particular, the book explores the subtle and complex links among Theocritus's poem, modes of praise drawn from both Greek and Egyptian traditions, and the subsequent flowering of Latin poetry in the Augustan age. As the first detailed account of this important poem to show how Theocritus might have drawn on the



pharaonic traditions of Egypt as well as earlier Greek poetry, this book affords unique insight into how praise poetry for Ptolemy and his wife may have helped to negotiate the adaptation of Greek culture that changed conditions of the new Hellenistic world. Invaluable for its clear translation and its commentary on genre, dialect, diction, and historical reference in relation to Theocritus's Encomium, the book is also significant for what it reveals about the poem's cultural and social contexts and about Theocritus' devices for addressing his several readerships. COVER IMAGE: The image on the front cover of this book is incorrectly identified on the jacket flap. The correct caption is: Gold Oktadrachm depicting Ptolemy II and Arsinoe (mid-third century BCE; by permission of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970152203321

Autore

Richani Nazih

Titolo

Systems of Violence, Second Edition : The Political Economy of War and Peace in Colombia / / Nazih Richani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013

ISBN

9781461935414

1461935415

9781438446950

1438446950

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in global politics

Disciplina

303.6409

Soggetti

Violence - Economic aspects - Colombia

Violence - Colombia

Electronic books.

Colombia Social conditions

Colombia Politics and government 1974-

Colombia Economic conditions 1970-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-336) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Systems of Violence: The Political Economy of War and Peace in



Colombia""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Prologue""; ""Notes to the Second Edition""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1: The Contours and the Theory""; ""Chapter 2: Institutional Failure: Genesis of the War System""; ""Chapter 3: The Military and the Comfortable Impasse""; ""Chapter 4: Guerillas and the Impasse""; ""Chapter 5: Paramilitaries, Organized Crime, and the Dynamics of War""; ""Chapter 6: The Dominant Classes and the Prospects of Peace""; ""Chapter 7: Colombia�s Civil War in Comparative Perspective""

""Chapter 8: Third Parties, War Systems� Inertia, and Conflict Termination: The Doomed Peace Process in Colombia, 1998�2002""""Chapter 9: The War System: From Comfortable Impasse to Unstable Equilibrium, 2000�2012""; ""Chapter 10: Bastard Rentier Capitalism: The Political Economy of Organized Crime in Colombia Sicarios and Caudillos""; ""Chapter 11: Colombia�s War System in Comparative Perspective""; ""Appendix: Selection of the Interview Population""; ""Addendum""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""SUNY series in Global Politics, List of Titles""

Sommario/riassunto

Expanded new edition of an important study of the protracted violence in Colombia.