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How Homer’s Epics Survived After the Fall of the Ancient Greek World
Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.
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Two Lost Books By An Ancient Greek Mathematician Have Survived In An Arabic Manuscript
Two lost books by Apollonius, the ancient Greek mathematician known as “The Great Geometer,” have survived in an Arabic ...
Saint Louis University6mon
Facsimiles of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
The Vatican Film Library holds more than 200 full or partial facsimiles of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. A manuscript facsimile is a published, printed photographic reproduction that captures ...
Greek Reporter6d
Why Renaissance Thinkers Saw Italy as the “New Ancient Greece”
Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?
Saint Louis University1y
Knights of Columbus Vatican Film Library
Languages and cultural traditions represented include Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic ... The library possesses a collection of original medieval and Renaissance manuscript leaves and codices, as well as ...