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000822782 020__ $$a9780190626334$$q(electronic book)
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000822782 1001_ $$aRosenmeyer, Patricia A.,$$eauthor.
000822782 24514 $$aThe language of ruins :$$bGreek and Latin inscriptions on the Memnon colossus /$$cPatricia A. Rosenmeyer.
000822782 264_1 $$aNew York, NY :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2018.
000822782 300__ $$a1 online resource :$$billustrations
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000822782 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000822782 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
000822782 5208_ $$aA colossal statue, originally built to honour an ancient pharaoh, still stands today in Egyptian Thebes, with more than a hundred Greek and Latin inscriptions covering its lower surfaces. Partially damaged by an earthquake, and later re-identified as the Homeric hero Memnon, it was believed to 'speak' regularly at daybreak. By the middle of the first century CE, tourists flocked to the colossus of Memnon to hear the miraculous sound, and left behind their marks of devotion (proskynemata): brief acknowledgments of having heard Memnon's cry; longer lists by Roman administrators; and more elaborate elegiac verses by both amateur and professional poets. This text is the first critical assessment of all the inscriptions considered in their social, cultural, and historical context.
000822782 588__ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 18, 2018).
000822782 60000 $$aMemnon$$c(Mythological character)$$xStatues$$zEgypt$$zThebes (Extinct city)
000822782 60000 $$aMemnon$$c(Mythological character)$$xCult$$zEgypt$$zThebes (Extinct city)
000822782 650_0 $$aInscriptions, Greek$$zEgypt$$zThebes (Extinct city)
000822782 650_0 $$aInscriptions, Latin$$zEgypt$$zThebes (Extinct city)
000822782 650_0 $$aPilgrims and pilgrimages$$zEgypt$$zThebes (Extinct city)
000822782 651_0 $$aEgypt$$xCivilization$$y332 B.C.-638 A.D.
000822782 77608 $$iPrint version:$$z9780190626310
000822782 85280 $$bebk$$hOxford Scholarship Online
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