The Language of Egyptian and Wisdom in Loose Form. Greek Proverbs in Collections of the Hellenistic and Roman Periods

Συγγραφέας: Nikolaos Lazaridis
Τίτλος: The Language of Egyptian and Wisdom in Loose Form. Greek Proverbs in Collections of the Hellenistic and Roman Periods
Πόλη: Leiden
Έτος: 2007
Εκδότης: Brill
Περιγραφή: Σκληρό εξώφυλλο, εικονογράφηση, ISBN13: 9789004160583.
Σειρά: Συλλογικός τόμος, Bulletin de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale 111
1 τόμος, xvi, σελ. 320.
Τιμή: € 129
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This book examines Ancient Egyptian and Greek proverbs, as they are found in wisdom collections, circulating in Egypt and Greece of the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Its examination compares the proverbs’ grammar, structure, style, theme and usage within the collections. This multi-leveled comparison results in the indentification of a great number of similarities and differences that are interpreted in cultural terms, that is, through their association with the cultural context of production and usage of the proverbs. Hence this study offers an original insight into the literary production in Ancient Egypt and Greece, comparing the manner Egyptian and Greek authors conveyed timeless wisdom and reconsidering the status of cultural contact between these two ancient Mediterranean civilizations.