Metaphors of the Ancient World
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Edited by:
Fabian Horn
About this book
The objective of this edited volume is to bring together contributions from the fields of Ancient Greek and Latin Philology that apply the cognitive linguistic framework of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) to ancient texts and other source material. The individual chapters are unified by this shared theoretical approach, occasionally supplemented by further theoretical frameworks and methodologies from literary criticism and the cognitive sciences.
The scope of the volume is broad, and there is no restriction to specific literary genres or periods of history. Discussion ranges from the Archaic Greek epic poetry of Homer to the early imperial philosophical treatises of Seneca the Younger. Topics treated along the way include Presocratic philosophy, Ancient Greek comedy, and Roman love elegy. This collection of research by theoretically aligned Classicists thereby showcases the potential and versatility of CMT when it comes to the study and interpretation of ancient texts.
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Frontmatter
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Foreword
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Contents
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A Very Brief Introduction to CMT and the Classics
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Through the Lens of Science: A Typology of Metaphors in Ancient Literature based on Scientific Modelling
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Homeric Gravity and Getting Lost in Orientational Metaphor
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The Construal of Heroic Anger in the Iliad
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Multimodality of Metaphor in Old Greek Comedy
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Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Greek Representations of Metempsychosis before Plato
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Metaphors for Death in Horace’s Odes
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Biting Animals and Human Bites: Embodied Metaphors and Experiences in Latin Elegy
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Dolor Metaphors in Latin: What a Corpus-Based Approach to Ancient Sources Can (and Cannot) Tell Us
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Peace of Mind is Space: An Application of Conceptual Metaphor Theory to Seneca’s Ideal of Tranquillitas
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Coda: The Case of “Bold Metaphors” and the Limits of CMT
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List of Contributors
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General Index
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