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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... earlier Greek culture that was now viewed as a fixed element of a bygone era. After the first quarter of the third century BC political stability, coupled with unprecedented wealth for Greek rulers from the vast material resources of ...
... earlier Greek culture that was now viewed as a fixed element of a bygone era. After the first quarter of the third century BC political stability, coupled with unprecedented wealth for Greek rulers from the vast material resources of ...
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... middle decades of the third century, was that of the Attalids at Pergamum, a city of Mysia in western Asia Minor. For all these kingdoms the period of greatest brilliance was the third century and the earlier part of. HISTORY AND CULTURE 3.
... middle decades of the third century, was that of the Attalids at Pergamum, a city of Mysia in western Asia Minor. For all these kingdoms the period of greatest brilliance was the third century and the earlier part of. HISTORY AND CULTURE 3.
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Kathryn Gutzwiller. brilliance was the third century and the earlier part of the second (map 0.1). The principal story of later Hellenistic history is the growing dominance of Rome. To name only key events, the Romans abolished the ...
Kathryn Gutzwiller. brilliance was the third century and the earlier part of the second (map 0.1). The principal story of later Hellenistic history is the growing dominance of Rome. To name only key events, the Romans abolished the ...
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... earlier tragic and comic plots to form comedies of manners, focusing on familial relationships and romance, Menander foreshadows the more personal orientation of much Hellenistic literature. Although Athens ceased to be on the cutting ...
... earlier tragic and comic plots to form comedies of manners, focusing on familial relationships and romance, Menander foreshadows the more personal orientation of much Hellenistic literature. Although Athens ceased to be on the cutting ...
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... earlier history and ethnography of these allied areas were written up by epic poets of the era, such as Rhianus of Crete, whose works included Achaica, Eliaca, Thessalica (in at least sixteen books), and Messeniaca (in at least six ...
... earlier history and ethnography of these allied areas were written up by epic poets of the era, such as Rhianus of Crete, whose works included Achaica, Eliaca, Thessalica (in at least sixteen books), and Messeniaca (in at least six ...
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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