G R Boys-Stones
Biographic Data
| ID | 1713102 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G R Boys-Stones |
| GIVEN NAMES | G R |
| FAMILY NAME | Boys-Stones |
| SIGNATURE | BOYS-STONES G R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lecturer in Classics at the University of Durham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The circle of Socrates: Readings in the first-generation Socratics
The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies
The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies is a unique collection of some seventy articles, which together explore the ways in which ancient Greece has been, is, and might be studied. It is intended to inform its readers, but also, importantly, to inspire them, and to enable them to pursue their own research by introducing the primary resources and exploring the latest agenda for their study. The emphasis is on the breadth and potential of Hellenic …
The Stoics' Two Types of Allegory
All Stoics viewed Greek mythology as a complex historical accretion of material, which their multi-faceted exegetical approach, exemplified in Cornutus, is designed to unpick. The early Stoics believe that none of these influences was deliberately formulated as allegory, but later Stoics think that the kernel of the tradition was so formulated. They explain the philosopher’s attraction to allegory in various ways, including the fact that allegory…
Metaphor, Allegory, and the Classical Tradition: Ancient Thought and Modern Revisions
According to the theoretical accounts which survive in the rhetorical handbooks of antiquity, allegory is extended metaphor, or an extended series of metaphors; and both allegory and metaphor are linguistic ‘tropes’: their purpose is essentially ornamental. The distance posited here between meaning on the one hand and the form of its expression on the other has come under decisive attack in the work of 20th century theorists, who have argued for …
Post-Hellenistic philosophy: A study of its development from the Stoics to Origen
The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies
The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies is a unique collection of some seventy articles, which together explore the ways in which ancient Greece has been, is, and might be studied. It is intended to inform its readers, but also, importantly, to inspire them, and to enable them to pursue their own research by introducing the primary resources and exploring the latest agenda for their study. The emphasis is on the breadth and potential of Hellenic …
Metaphor, Allegory, and the Classical Tradition: Ancient Thought and Modern Revisions
According to the theoretical accounts which survive in the rhetorical handbooks of antiquity, allegory is extended metaphor, or an extended series of metaphors; and both allegory and metaphor are linguistic ‘tropes’: their purpose is essentially ornamental. The distance posited here between meaning on the one hand and the form of its expression on the other has come under decisive attack in the work of 20th century theorists, who have argued for …
Post-Hellenistic philosophy: A study of its development from the Stoics to Origen
The Stoics' Two Types of Allegory
All Stoics viewed Greek mythology as a complex historical accretion of material, which their multi-faceted exegetical approach, exemplified in Cornutus, is designed to unpick. The early Stoics believe that none of these influences was deliberately formulated as allegory, but later Stoics think that the kernel of the tradition was so formulated. They explain the philosopher’s attraction to allegory in various ways, including the fact that allegory…
Metaphor, Allegory, and the Classical Tradition: Ancient Thought and Modern Revisions
According to the theoretical accounts which survive in the rhetorical handbooks of antiquity, allegory is extended metaphor, or an extended series of metaphors; and both allegory and metaphor are linguistic ‘tropes’: their purpose is essentially ornamental. The distance posited here between meaning on the one hand and the form of its expression on the other has come under decisive attack in the work of 20th century theorists, who have argued for …
The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies
The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies is a unique collection of some seventy articles, which together explore the ways in which ancient Greece has been, is, and might be studied. It is intended to inform its readers, but also, importantly, to inspire them, and to enable them to pursue their own research by introducing the primary resources and exploring the latest agenda for their study. The emphasis is on the breadth and potential of Hellenic …
The circle of Socrates: Readings in the first-generation Socratics
Classical Antiquity Studies (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Allegory (2 works) · Ancient philosophy (2 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (2 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · Classics (2 works)