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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Allegoresis"”.
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The Golden Chain: Redrawing the map of ancient allegory
… thought. Previous approaches have characterised allegoresis either as a mode of literary criticism or as an attempt to maintain the prestige of texts such as Homer’s Iliad in a culture with whose values and ideas they were no longer consistent. My discussion highlights the difficulties inherent …
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Hesiod Unveiled: The 'Other Poet' among the Exegetes
… it examines how philological techniques, allegoresis, and education intertwine to interpret the Other Poet, the second pillar of the Hellenic canon after Homer. It provides the first diachronic account of his interpretation in numerous intellectual traditions, accompanied by close …
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Discrimination and Desire: Gregory of Nyssa’s Hagiographical Writing and the Holy Life
… demonstrates how Gregory uses basic emphasis, *allegoresis* and *paraphrasis* in his hagiographical texts to discern what virtues and virtuous actions are, and to foreground them to his audience. My argument culminates in chapter five, where having critiqued Gray’s position on the way …