The Unpublished Lectures of Gilbert HighetGilbert Highet, Anthon Professor of Latin at Columbia University, was one of the twentieth century's most erudite and distinguished classicists. This book contains virtually all Professor Highet's unpublished classical lectures, which have been arranged in three groups - Greek Literature, Latin Literature, and the Classical Tradition. One finds in these lectures a celebration of classical literature, conveyed through a humane form of scholarship, with emphasis on those aspects of great writing that make the classical authors worth reading - all of which earned for Gilbert Highet an enduring place in the history of his profession. |
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Page 4
... myth- ical Greek Pandora . Evidently this a fundamental , an archetypal story . After years of research , two experts in symbolism have produced a delightful book on the myth . They are Dora and Erwin Panofsky , of Princeton ; the book ...
... myth- ical Greek Pandora . Evidently this a fundamental , an archetypal story . After years of research , two experts in symbolism have produced a delightful book on the myth . They are Dora and Erwin Panofsky , of Princeton ; the book ...
Page 152
... myth can have . It is called Challenge to Venus.5 This is an entirely modern novel , the tale of a love affair between a tall , strong , quite naive and undeveloped Englishman passing through Italy , and an Italian lady - young ...
... myth can have . It is called Challenge to Venus.5 This is an entirely modern novel , the tale of a love affair between a tall , strong , quite naive and undeveloped Englishman passing through Italy , and an Italian lady - young ...
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... myths have , like the Greek statues , a mar- velous and almost inexplicable power to enter our minds , although proceeding ... myth ( s ) / mythology ' - especially under the subheadings ' collective dreams ' and ' collective unconscious ...
... myths have , like the Greek statues , a mar- velous and almost inexplicable power to enter our minds , although proceeding ... myth ( s ) / mythology ' - especially under the subheadings ' collective dreams ' and ' collective unconscious ...
Contents
Aristophanes | 9 |
Aristophanes Frogs | 24 |
Platos Phaedrus | 30 |
Copyright | |
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