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'I Enter the Future with the Memory of the Past': José Rizal, the Philippines and Classical Antiquity.

This article surveys the presence of classical antiquity in the writing of José Rizal (1861–1896), the national hero of the Philippines. It first discusses Rizal's Jesuit education and considers an example of his early fiction, The Council of the Gods (El consejo de los dioses, 1880), before outlini...

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Published in:International Journal of the Classical Tradition Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 59 - 90
Main Author: Zanker, Andreas T.
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Mar2024
Subjects:
Surveys
Nineteenth century
Trojan War
Greek mythology
Philippines
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