Berardi / Montepaone / Mancuso Prolepsis

Predicting, Anticipating, Foretelling from Antiquity to the Renaissance
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-11-159020-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Italienisch, Band 429, 426 Seiten

Reihe: Beiträge zur AltertumskundeISSN

This volume collects contributions on the theme of in Antiquity, Middle Ages, and Renaissance. As the interest in this topic grows, our goal is to provide a first attempt at adopting an all-encompassing approach, which thematizes as a pivotal hermeneutic tool to “read” into different times and contexts. While the first section maintains a more traditional literary approach to the topic, the second section hosts a reflection on the relationship between and kingship within historiographical accounts. The chapters of the third section revolve around a religious interpretation of , creating an overview of theological practices and narrations connected to foreshadowing through time. Section four hosts chapters that differ significantly in their individual fields but share the common understanding of a practical application of in the ancient Greek world, with a specific technical focus. The three essays of the fifth and final section explore entirely different conceptualizations, delving into alternative notions of , combining approaches and maintaining a more methodological focus.

Zielgruppe

Scholars in Classics, esp. Greek and Latin literature and ancient

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berardi, Roberta

Montepaone, Olivia

Mancuso, Sabrina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

Roberta Berardi, Independent Researcher; Sabrina Mancuso, Univ. of Jena, Germany; Olivia Montepaone, Univ. of Milan, Italy.