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    Plutarch.Robert Lamberton & Paolo Vivante - 2001 - Yale University Press.
    Written around the year 100, Plutarch's Lives have shaped perceptions of the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks and Romans for nearly two thousand years. This engaging and stimulating book introduces both general readers and students to Plutarch's own life and work. Robert Lamberton sketches the cultural context in which Plutarch worked--Greece under Roman rule--and discusses his family relationships, background, education, and political career. There are two sides to Plutarch: the most widely read source on Greek and Roman history and the (...)
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    Repertoire d'art et d'archeologieLeon Trotsky on Literature and ArtArte precolombino de Mexico y de la America CentralThe Homeric Imagination.Howard Clarke, Paul N. Siegel, Salvador Toscano & Paolo Vivante - 1971 - Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 30 (1):142.
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    Homeric Rhythm: A Philosophical Study.Paolo Vivante - 1997 - Greenwood Press.
    Noted classicist Vivante explores the function of verse as a fundamental form of human expression, and argues that the force of Homer's poetry largely lies in the implicit significance of its verse-rhythm.
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    On Homer's Winged Words.Paolo Vivante - 1975 - Classical Quarterly 25 (01):1-.
    In Virgil, as in modern narrative, the act of saying is barely mentioned or left out altogether. At times the transition from indirect to direct speech comes abruptly, without warning . On the other hand, the stress falls on the speaker's position within the general narrative. We are thus drawn away from the actuality of speech to a broader frame of reference. The characters seem to be more concerned with the distant implications of the action than with the present moment. (...)
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    The Sculptural Moment in Pindar.Paolo Vivante - 2005 - Arion 13 (2).
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