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Seamus Heaney, the great Irish poet, made a significant contribution to classical reception in modern poetry; though occasional essays have appeared in the past, this volume is the first to be wholly dedicated to this perspective on his work. Comprising literary criticism by scholars of both classical reception and contemporary literature in English, it includes contributions from critics who are also poets, as well as from theatre practitioners on their interpretations and productions of Heaney's versions of Greek drama; well-known names are joined by early-career contributors, and friends and collaborators of Heaney sit alongside those who admired him from afar.0The papers focus on two main areas: Heaney's fascination with Greek drama and myth - shown primarily in his two Sophoclean versions, but also in his engagement in other poems with Hesiod, with Aeschylus' Agamemnon, and with myths such as that of Antaeus - and his interest in Latin poetry, primarily that of Virgil but also that of Horace; a version of an Horatian ode was famously the vehicle for Heaney's comment on the events of 11 September 2001 in 'Anything Can Happen' (District and Circle, 2006). Although a number of the contributions cover similar material, they do so from distinctively different angles: for example, Heaney's interest in Virgil is linked with the traditions of Irish poetry, his capacity as a translator, and his annotations in his own text of a standard translation, as well as being investigated in its long development over his poetic career, while his Greek dramas are considered as verbal poetry, as comments on Irish politics, and as stage-plays with concomitant issues of production and interpretation. Heaney's posthumous translation of Virgil's Aeneid VI (2016) comes in for considerable attention, and this will be the first volume to study this major work from several angles.

English literature --- Classical influences --- Heaney, Seamus, --- Criticism and interpretation.

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"Introduction: Since the 1960s historians studying gift giving have significantly deepened and nuanced our understanding of social, political and religious relations in medieval Europe. From the outset, historians have tended to see gift giving in terms of 'folk models.' In this they have been following in the footsteps of the social anthropologists from whom we have inherited the analytical apparatus of 'gift giving.' The founding father of gift-studies, Marcel Mauss, in his Essai sur le don, presented reciprocal gift exchange as a characteristic feature of archaic societies, found in its clearest form in 'primitive' cultures like that of ancient Germania. Pioneers in the field of medieval gift giving, such as Aaron Gurevich and George Duby, inherited the assumption that gift exchange and the rules of reciprocity that governed it were part of the cultural heritage passed down from the medieval elite's Germanic ancestors. More recently, as we shall see below, historians have been more cautious about explaining medieval gift giving through its supposed archaic roots. The assumption that gift exchange was based on folk traditions of reciprocity deployed in a difficult encounter with Biblical injunctions to charity, has, however, remained widely influential. In this book I suggest that this analytical tradition has led us to overlook or underestimate the influence exercised on medieval gift giving by a very different tradition: classical literature and philosophy"--

Gifts --- Ideals (Philosophy) --- Generosity --- Civilization --- Gifts. --- Manners and customs. --- Cadeaux --- Générosité --- Idéal (philosophie) --- Civilisation --- Moeurs et coutumes --- History --- Social aspects --- Classical influences. --- Aspect social --- To 1500. --- England --- England. --- Social life and customs --- Classical influences --- Gifts - England - History - To 1500 --- Ideals (Philosophy) - Social aspects - England - History - To 1500 --- Generosity - Social aspects - England - History - To 1500 --- England - Social life and customs - 1066-1485 --- England - Civilization - Classical influences

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Children's literature --- Children's literature --- Children's literature. --- Classical literature --- Classical literature --- Classical literature --- Classical literature. --- Classical influences. --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism. --- Influence. --- Influence.

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Herodotus of Halicarnassus and Thucydides the Athenian were the two most famous and earliest (fifth century bce) of the Greek historians whose work survives; their subject was the wars between the Greek cities and the Persian Empire and later those between the Greek cities themselves. Their names are frequently linked and their work compared and contrasted: Herodotus' history ranged adventurously both in space and time; Thucydides limited himself to the events of his own day. Herodotus' work is certainly more fun to read; Thucydides approaches more closely to the modern conception of 'scientific' history-writing.This book seeks to explore the reception of their writings from the Byzantine era until today, following the ups and downs of their scholarly reputations. Herodotus has at times been much despised and only recently reassessed and taken more seriously. Thucydides has been more consistently revered, even if sometimes thought narrow and boring. Today, he still attracts readers from disciplines far from the classical world. The essays in this collection range from Sir Walter Ralegh's History of the World and Isaac Newton's Chronology to the coming of narratology.

Civilization, Medieval --- Renaissance --- Classical influences --- Herodotus --- Thucydides --- Influence --- Civilization, Classical --- Thucydide --- Thukydides --- Thoukudides --- Herodotus van Halicarnassus --- Herodot --- Gerodot --- Hērodotos --- Herodotos --- Erodoto --- Hérodote --- Heródoto --- הירודוטוס --- הרודוט --- הרודוטוס --- هردوت --- هيرودوت --- Ἡρόδοτος --- Influence. --- Revival of letters --- Civilization --- History, Modern --- Civilization, Modern --- Humanism --- Middle Ages --- History --- Civilization, Medieval - Classical influences --- Herodotus - Influence --- Thucydides - Influence --- Tucidide --- Fukidid --- Tucídides --- Thoukydidēs --- תוקידידיס --- Θουκυδίδης

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This essay in comparative literature represents the first extended attempt to relate Dante's major allegorical mode to classical and medieval interpretations of epic poetry rather than to patristic biblical exegesis. It also is the first comprehensive explanation of Dante's enigmatic Ulysses. Thompson strives to shed new light not only on Dante's allegory - and thus upon the whole troubled question of exactly what an allegory was thought to be but also on the intricate relationship between poet and poem and between Dante's spiritual journeys and his written representation of those itineraries.

Symbolism. --- Epic poetry, Italian --- Classical influences. --- Homere --- Virgile --- Dante Alighieri, --- Dante (Alighieri). --- Dante --- Homer. --- Virgil. --- Symbolisme. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Odyssey (Homer) --- Aeneis (Virgil) --- Virgil --- Aeneis --- Homer --- Odyssey --- Classical influences --- Dante Alighieri --- 1265-1321 --- Symbolism --- Representation, Symbolic --- Symbolic representation --- Mythology --- Emblems --- Signs and symbols --- Italian epic poetry --- Italian poetry --- Odysseia (Homer) --- Homērou Odysseia (Homer) --- Odyssea (Homerus) --- Odissei︠a︡ (Homer) --- Homeri Odyssea (Homer) --- Odyssea (Homer) --- Odysseen (Homer) --- Odiseʼah (Homer) --- Odisea (Homer) --- Odyssee (Homer) --- Odiseja (Homer) --- Aeneid (Virgil) --- Eneida (Virgil) --- Enéide (Virgil)