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VT ET HOSTEM AMAREM: JOCASTA AND THE POETICS OF CIVIL WAR IN SENECA'S PHOENISSAE 论塞内加的《腓尼基记》中的约卡斯塔与内战诗学

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RAMUS-CRITICAL STUDIES IN GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/rmu.2017.5

L. Ginsberg

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UNCLES EX MACHINA: FAMILIAL EPIPHANY IN EURIPIDES’ ELECTRA 机械叔:欧里庇得斯的《伊莱克特拉》中的家族顿悟

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RAMUS-CRITICAL STUDIES IN GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2016-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/rmu.2016.9

R. Andújar

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RMU volume 45 issue 2 Cover and Front matter RMU第45卷第2期封面和封面

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RAMUS-CRITICAL STUDIES IN GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2016-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/rmu.2016.13

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IN HER OWN WORDS: THE SEMANTICS OF FEMALE AUTHORSHIP IN ANCIENT GREECE, FROM SAPPHO TO NOSSIS 1 用她自己的话说:古希腊女性作者身份的语义，从萨福到诺西斯

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RAMUS-CRITICAL STUDIES IN GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2016-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/rmu.2016.8

E. Hauser

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REWRITING ROME: TOPOGRAPHY, ETYMOLOGY AND HISTORY IN VARRO DE LINGVA LATINA 5 AND PROPERTIUS ELEGIES 4 改写罗马:拉丁瓦罗的地形、词源和历史5和优美的挽歌4

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RAMUS-CRITICAL STUDIES IN GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2016-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/rmu.2016.10

Carolyn Macdonald

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AN EMBODIED READING OF EPIPHANIES IN AELIUS ARISTIDES’ SACRED TALES 对埃利乌斯·阿里斯蒂德神圣故事中顿悟的具体解读

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RAMUS-CRITICAL STUDIES IN GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.1017/rmu.2016.11

A. Tagliabue

引用次数: 5

‘UNBOUNDED VIEWS’: INCOMPLETE EKPHRASIS AND THE VISUAL IMAGINATION IN VIRGIL “无界视野”:维吉尔的不完整用词与视觉想象

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RAMUS-CRITICAL STUDIES IN GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2016-05-06 DOI: 10.1017/rmu.2016.3

Raymond Kania

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THE IRONY OF CONSOLATION IN EURIPIDES' PLAYS AND FRAGMENTS 欧里庇得斯戏剧与片段中安慰的反讽

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RAMUS-CRITICAL STUDIES IN GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2016-05-06 DOI: 10.1017/rmu.2016.5

J. Chong-Gossard

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RMU volume 45 issue 1 Cover and Back matter RMU第45卷第1期封面和封底

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RAMUS-CRITICAL STUDIES IN GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2016-05-06 DOI: 10.1017/rmu.2016.7

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RMU volume 45 issue 1 Cover and Front matter RMU第45卷第1期封面和封面

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RAMUS-CRITICAL STUDIES IN GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE Pub Date : 2016-05-06 DOI: 10.1017/rmu.2016.6

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