A Guide to Hellenistic LiteratureJohn Wiley & Sons, 2008 M04 15 - 280 pages This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature of the Hellenistic period.
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Page xi
... Alexander have been my main subject, but certain crucial works of Hellenistic literature, known only in fragmentary form, have been discussed as well. I also include a selection of other fragmentary texts and authors, in order to give a ...
... Alexander have been my main subject, but certain crucial works of Hellenistic literature, known only in fragmentary form, have been discussed as well. I also include a selection of other fragmentary texts and authors, in order to give a ...
Page xii
... Alexander. In addition, I suggest some of the developing trends in scholarship, such as parallels between literature and art, the influence of philosophical criticism on literary practice, and the importance of technical and scientific ...
... Alexander. In addition, I suggest some of the developing trends in scholarship, such as parallels between literature and art, the influence of philosophical criticism on literary practice, and the importance of technical and scientific ...
Page 1
... Alexander the Great in 323 BC to Octavian's defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII at Actium in 31 BC. During a short but brilliant career, Alexander had extended his father's consolidation of Macedonian political power over mainland ...
... Alexander the Great in 323 BC to Octavian's defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII at Actium in 31 BC. During a short but brilliant career, Alexander had extended his father's consolidation of Macedonian political power over mainland ...
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... Alexander's personal bodyguard, took over Thrace; and Ptolemy, a Macedonian aristocrat with kinship ties to Alexander, was awarded Egypt. As a result of disagreements that quickly followed, the elderly general Antipater became regent of ...
... Alexander's personal bodyguard, took over Thrace; and Ptolemy, a Macedonian aristocrat with kinship ties to Alexander, was awarded Egypt. As a result of disagreements that quickly followed, the elderly general Antipater became regent of ...
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... Alexander's empire rather than the whole was now the reality, if not the intention. Antigonus' son Demetrius also partially restored the democracy in Athens and was fulsomely praised as liberator in a hymn that survives (Powell p. 174): ...
... Alexander's empire rather than the whole was now the reality, if not the intention. Antigonus' son Demetrius also partially restored the democracy in Athens and was fulsomely praised as liberator in a hymn that survives (Powell p. 174): ...
Contents
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2 Aesthetics and Style | 26 |
3 Authors and Genres | 50 |
4 Topics in Hellenistic Literature | 168 |
Notes | 223 |
Chronological Tables | 228 |
Suggested Reading | 230 |
Bibliography | 239 |
Index | 251 |
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