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 vii
... 3.5 3.6 Menander Callimachus Apollonius of Rhodes Theocritus and the Other Bucolic Poets Didactic Poetry Epigrams 50 50 60 74 84 97 106 3.7 Dramatic Poetry 3.8 Parodic and Philosophical Literature 3.9 Polybius Contents.
... 3.5 3.6 Menander Callimachus Apollonius of Rhodes Theocritus and the Other Bucolic Poets Didactic Poetry Epigrams 50 50 60 74 84 97 106 3.7 Dramatic Poetry 3.8 Parodic and Philosophical Literature 3.9 Polybius Contents.
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Kathryn Gutzwiller. 3.7 Dramatic Poetry 3.8 Parodic and Philosophical Literature 3.9 Polybius 3.10 Technical Prose Writing 4 Topics in Hellenistic Literature 4.1 Learning and Innovation 4.2 Book Culture and Performance 4.3 Social and ...
Kathryn Gutzwiller. 3.7 Dramatic Poetry 3.8 Parodic and Philosophical Literature 3.9 Polybius 3.10 Technical Prose Writing 4 Topics in Hellenistic Literature 4.1 Learning and Innovation 4.2 Book Culture and Performance 4.3 Social and ...
Page xii
... philosophical criticism on literary practice, and the importance of technical and scientific prose for the new poetics. Lastly, some brief remarks are provided about the reception of Hellenistic literature in Rome, or perhaps better ...
... philosophical criticism on literary practice, and the importance of technical and scientific prose for the new poetics. Lastly, some brief remarks are provided about the reception of Hellenistic literature in Rome, or perhaps better ...
Page 1
... philosophical thought, the courts of the monarchs served as magnets for aspiring and talented authors. The most spectacular of these was the court of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt, who established poets and scholars alike in the Museum ...
... philosophical thought, the courts of the monarchs served as magnets for aspiring and talented authors. The most spectacular of these was the court of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt, who established poets and scholars alike in the Museum ...
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... philosophical text on Orphic cosmology, was found in a tomb of about 340–330 at Derveni in Macedonia. Perhaps ... philosophers, and historians, and apparently dominated by his personal interests in Stoic. 4 HISTORY AND CULTURE 1.2 ...
... philosophical text on Orphic cosmology, was found in a tomb of about 340–330 at Derveni in Macedonia. Perhaps ... philosophers, and historians, and apparently dominated by his personal interests in Stoic. 4 HISTORY AND CULTURE 1.2 ...
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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