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Libri consigliati: nuove letture che potrebbero farti innamorare
Ho amato ciascuno di questi libri e mi sono sentita in dovere di condividerli con voi! Iniziamo con.. La grande storia del tempo, Stephen Hawking “Che cosa sappiamo realmente dell’universo? Qual è la sua natura? Da dove è venuto e dove sta andando? Le nostre conoscenze sono fondate? E su cosa si basano? Stephen…
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Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius was a Roman Emperor and he has been called “The Philosopher”. He was a stoic and his personal philosophical writings are “Meditations”, an important source of modern understanding of ancient stoic philosophy. Youth Marcus was related to several of the most prominent families of the new Roman establishments (for example, his grandfather was…
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Greek lyric
The Greek lyric is the body of lyric poetry and it developed between the 7th century and the early 5th century BC. It’s mainly written in dialects. Much of Greek lyric is occasional poetry and the symposium is one of the numerous settings where lyric poems were performed. The term “lyric” indicated an accompaniment of…
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Greek tragedy
The Greek tragedy is a form of theatre from Ancient Greece and Asia minor. It’s widely believed to be an extension of the ancient rites done in honour of Dionysus, the god of wine, and it profoundly influenced the theatre of Ancient Rome and the Renaissance. The plots were mainly based upon myths from oral…
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The Iliad
“The wrath sing, goddess, of Peleus’ son, Achilles, that destructive wrath which brought countless woes upon the Achaeans, and sent forth to Hades many valiant souls of heroes, and made them themselves spoil for dogs and every bird; thus the plan of Zeus came to fulfillment, from the time when1 first they parted in strife…
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey is considered the first “novel” of the european literature. The plot Ten years after the fall of Troy, the victorious Greek hero Odysseus has still not returned to his native Ithaca. A band of rowdy suitors, believing Odysseus to be dead, has overrun his palace, courting his faithful wife, Penelope, and going through…
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The Homeric Question
The Homeric Question concerns the doubts and consequent debate over the identity of Homer, the authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey and their historicity. The subject has its roots in classical antiquity and the scholarship of the Hellenistic period, but has flourished among Homeric Scholars of the 19th and 20th centuries. The main questions…
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Literature
Hi everyone! Sorry for my absence, I swear I will write more. However, I want to start writing about literature so let’s talk about my beloved Greeks! I’ve always been fascinated by the Ancient Greece, mythology, how they lived etc. In fact, I study ancient greek (with latin too) and I often translate their texts.…
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