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Tradition and innovation in Hellenistic poetry
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Tradition and innovation in Hellenistic poetry

Author: Marco Fantuzzi; R L Hunter
Publisher: Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Hellenistic poets of the third and second centuries BC sought to mark their continuity with the classical past as well as demonstrate their independence from it. This major study explores Greek poetry of the period and its reception and influence in Rome. The volume covers some of the most familiar poetry of the age, such as Callimachus' Aitia, alongside detailed consideration of newly published texts like the  Read more...
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Named Person: Ménandre; Callimaque; Théocrite; Apollonios, de Rhodes.
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Marco Fantuzzi; R L Hunter
ISBN: 0521835119 9780521835114
OCLC Number: 55502866
Notes: "Published in Italian as Muse e modeli : la poesia ellenistica da Alessandro Magno ad Augusto by Gius. Laterza & Figli Spa, Roma - Bari, 2002"--T.p. verso.
Description: x, 511 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Performance and genre --
The aetiology of Callimachus's Aitia --
The Argonautica of Apollonius and epic tradition --
Theocritus and the bucolic genre --
Epic in a minor key --
The style of Hellenistic epic --
The epigram --
The languages of praise --
Hellenistic drama --
Roman epilogue.
Other Titles: Muse e modeli.
Responsibility: Marco Fantuzzi and Richard Hunter.
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