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dc.contributor.authorMorales Harley, Roberto
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-12T08:02:25Z
dc.date.available2024-09-12T08:02:25Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/93200
dc.description.abstractThis volume presents a sophisticated and intricate examination of the parallels between Sanskrit and Greco-Roman literature. By means of a philological and literary analysis, Morales-Harley hypothesizes that Greco-Roman literature was known, understood, and recreated in India. Moreover, it is argued that the techniques for adapting epic into theater could have been Greco-Roman influences in India, and that some of the elements adapted within the literary motifs (specifically the motifs of the embassy, the ambush, and the ogre) could have been Greco-Roman borrowings by Sanskrit authors. This book draws on a wide variety of sources, including Iliad, Phoenix, Rhesus and Cyclops (Greco-Roman) as well as Mahābhārata, The Embassy, The Five Nights and The Middle One (Sanskrit). The result is a well-supported argument which presents us with the possibility of cultural exchange between the Greco-Roman world and India – a possibility which, though hypothetical, is worth acknowledging. Due to its comparative nature, this volume will appeal to both Indologists and Classicists, including Mahābhārata scholars, Sanskrit theater scholars, and those interested in comparative work with Sanskrit literature. It brings an original perspective to the field, and provides inspiration for new lines of research.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DB Ancient, classical and medieval texts::DBS Ancient Sagas and epics::DBSG Ancient Greek and Roman literatureen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::2 Language qualifiers::2B Indic, East Indo-European and Dravidian languages::2BB Early Indic languages::2BBA Sanskriten_US
dc.subject.otherSanskrit;Greco-Roman;Epic poetry;Theatre;philological analysis;cultural exchangeen_US
dc.titleThe Embassy, the Ambush, and the Ogreen_US
dc.title.alternativeGreco-Roman Influence in Sanskrit Theateren_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.11647/OBP.0417en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy23117811-c361-47b4-8b76-2c9b160c9a8ben_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781805113614en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781805113621en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781805113652en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781805113645en_US
oapen.pages290en_US
oapen.place.publicationCambridgeen_US


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