Studies Swiss scholar Bodmer and his treatment of ancient historical and legendary material, particularly in his ethical
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Table of contents :
Preface
Contents
I. Aims and Materials
II. The Development of Bodmer’s Interest in the Ancients
III. Dramas of Legend and Prophecy
IV. Dramas of Ethical Import
V. Political Dramas
VI. Poems
VII. Conclusion: Bodmer’s Interpretation of the Ancient World
Appendix. Bodmer’s Translations from Ancient Authors
Bibliography
Index
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GERMANIC STUDIES EDITED BY ROBERT HERNDON FIFE NEW SERIES NUMBER
THE ANCIENT
FIVE
TREATMENT LEGEND IN
AND
BODMER
OF HISTORY
T H E T R E A T M E N T OF A N C I E N T LEGEND AND HISTORY IN BODMER BY
ANTHONY
NEW
YORK
COLUMBIA
SCENNA
: MORNINGSIDE
HEIGHTS
UNIVERSITY 19 3 7
PRESS
C o p y r i g h t
1937
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
PRESS
PUBLISHED 1937
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