Jacobo Myerston
Biographic Data
| ID | 6824888 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacobo Myerston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacobo |
| FAMILY NAME | Myerston |
| SIGNATURE | MYERSTON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California System |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0865-9494 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Variations on Violence in Greek and Akkadian Succession Myths
In this article I explore a selection of texts from Greece and Mesopotamia that either recount or comment on the succession myth. I argue that representations of violence in those texts differ considerably within the same culture and time period. I explain these variations as social deixis, positing that ancient authors and interpreters of the succession myth used different representations of violence to present themselves as innovative figures. …
The classicist in the cave
In his novels, Roberto Bola n ̃ o explores different forms of reading Greek and Roman literature by presenting fictional characters that relate to ancient texts in antithetical ways. In this article, I focus on one specific example of Bola n ̃ o’s approach, namely the experience of reading Greek texts by a conservative Latin American man of letters presented in By Night in Chile . In this novel, Bola n ̃ o narrates the pseudo-confession of Sebast…
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The classicist in the cave
In his novels, Roberto Bola n ̃ o explores different forms of reading Greek and Roman literature by presenting fictional characters that relate to ancient texts in antithetical ways. In this article, I focus on one specific example of Bola n ̃ o’s approach, namely the experience of reading Greek texts by a conservative Latin American man of letters presented in By Night in Chile . In this novel, Bola n ̃ o narrates the pseudo-confession of Sebast…
Variations on Violence in Greek and Akkadian Succession Myths
In this article I explore a selection of texts from Greece and Mesopotamia that either recount or comment on the succession myth. I argue that representations of violence in those texts differ considerably within the same culture and time period. I explain these variations as social deixis, positing that ancient authors and interpreters of the succession myth used different representations of violence to present themselves as innovative figures. …
Art (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Ancient Greek (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Ancient Near East History (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Classical Antiquity Studies (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism (1 work) · Comparative literature (1 work)