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Metaphors of the Ancient World : Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Ancient Sources.
De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2025 Part 1 Available online
De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2025 Part 1- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horn, Fabian.
- Series:
- Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Series
- Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Series ; v.181
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metaphor.
- Classical literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2025.
- Summary:
- This scholarly volume explores the application of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) to ancient sources, including Greek and Latin literature, as well as other classical texts. It comprises revised papers from an international workshop held in Munich, alongside additional contributions, to showcase the breadth of CMT in analyzing metaphors. The book highlights how metaphors shape human cognition and language, presenting diverse methodologies such as scientific modeling, multimodality, and corpus linguistics. It is intended for academics and researchers in fields such as classical studies, cognitive linguistics, and metaphor theory, aiming to expand understanding of ancient texts through modern theoretical frameworks. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Contents
- A Very Brief Introduction to CMT and the Classics
- Through the Lens of Science: A Typology of Metaphors in Ancient Literature based on Scientific Modelling
- Homeric Gravity and Getting Lost in Orientational Metaphor
- The Construal of Heroic Anger in the Iliad
- Multimodality of Metaphor in Old Greek Comedy
- Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Greek Representations of Metempsychosis before Plato
- Metaphors for Death in Horace’s Odes
- Biting Animals and Human Bites: Embodied Metaphors and Experiences in Latin Elegy
- Dolor Metaphors in Latin: What a Corpus-Based Approach to Ancient Sources Can (and Cannot) Tell Us
- Peace of Mind is Space: An Application of Conceptual Metaphor Theory to Seneca’s Ideal of Tranquillitas
- Coda: The Case of “Bold Metaphors” and the Limits of CMT
- List of Contributors
- General Index Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9783111632704
- 3111632709
- OCLC:
- 1503846524
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