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005			20240726105013.0
008			160107s2016 mau ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780674496026 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aPA3010 _b.B496 2016
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aFeeney, D. C., _e1
245	1	0	_aBeyond Greek : _bthe beginnings of Latin Literature / _cDenis Feeney.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c(c)2016.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 377 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
520	2		_aWe take the existence of a literature in the Latin language for granted, but the emergence of this literature is a very strange moment in history. Latin literature should probably not have come into being in the form it took. This book explores the opening phase of Latin literature, from 240 to 140 BCE. The period begins with the first stage productions of Greek plays translated into Latin, which were also the first translations of Greek literary texts into any other language; it closes with the Romans in possession of a large-scale literature in Latin based on the literature of the Greeks, together with a developed historical tradition about their past and a mythology that connected them to the inheritance of the Greeks. The book uses a range of comparative evidence from both the ancient and the modern worlds in order to provide a context for understanding what the Romans did. The book recovers a great range of possibilities for cultural interaction in the ancient Mediterranean, with languages and texts sometimes interchanging quite freely and sometimes being blocked. The book argues that the Roman translation project and the resulting literature were highly anomalous in an ancient context: translation of literature was extremely rare in the world known to the Romans, and the ancient Mediterranean hosted many very successful cultures that had no kind of equivalent to the widely diffused text-based literary systems of the Greeks. The transformation of the Romans' Italian alliance into a Mediterranean imperial power provides the context for the revolution in their cultural life that led to what we call "Latin literature."-- _cProvided by publisher.
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505	0	0	_aTranslation: Languages, scripts, texts -- _tThe Roman translation project -- _tThe Interface between Latin and Greek -- _tMiddle grounds, zones of contact -- _tA stage for an imperial power -- _tA literature in the Latin language -- _tThe impact and reach of the new literature -- _tActs of comparison -- _tConclusion: joining the network.
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650		0	_aLatin literature _xGreek influences.
650		0	_aGreek language _xInfluence on Latin.
650		0	_aComparative literature _xGreek and Latin.
650		0	_aComparative literature _xLatin and Greek.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1133801&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell