The Treatment of Ancient Legend and History in Bodmer 9780231897907

Studies Swiss scholar Bodmer and his treatment of ancient historical and legendary material, particularly in his ethical

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Table of contents :
Preface
Contents
I. Aims and Materials
II. The Development of Bodmer’s Interest in the Ancients
III. Dramas of Legend and Prophecy
IV. Dramas of Ethical Import
V. Political Dramas
VI. Poems
VII. Conclusion: Bodmer’s Interpretation of the Ancient World
Appendix. Bodmer’s Translations from Ancient Authors
Bibliography
Index

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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GERMANIC STUDIES EDITED BY ROBERT HERNDON FIFE NEW SERIES NUMBER

THE ANCIENT

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TREATMENT LEGEND IN

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BODMER

OF HISTORY

T H E T R E A T M E N T OF A N C I E N T LEGEND AND HISTORY IN BODMER BY

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