POETRY / Ancient & Classical

Paper · Semantic Scholar

The Indian Knowledge System (IKS), rooted in the Vedas and extended through classical philosophical, literary, and scientific traditions, has profoundly influenced world literature across centuries. From metaphysical speculation in the Upanishads to ethical frameworks in the Bhagavad Gita and aesthetic theories in the Natyashastra, Indian thought has shaped intellectual discourses beyond geographical boundaries. Thi…

Reference · Wikidata

Omani literary encyclopedia that collects ancient and modern Arabic poetry, both classical and public

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Laetitia Parvin Erna Edwards, published under her maiden name as L. P. E. Parker, was a British classical scholar, known especially for her work on the metres of ancient Greek poetry.

Book · DOAB

The Poetry of Ennodius offers the first translation into English verse of the entire eclectic corpus of sacred and secular poetry by Magnus Felix Ennodius (c. 473/4–521 CE), amply supplemented by detailed notes that elucidate the literary and cultural references essential for understanding this poet. Ennodius’ poetry offers the reader a remarkable window into how Roman literary culture continued to thrive in the aft…

Full text · Open Library

Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as “flawless,” Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby exposes herself to the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia,…

Image · DPLA

Issue 31.3 of the Review for Religious, 1972.