Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry
Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry
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 epigrams of Posidippus.
- Provides close readings of some of the most famous Greek poetry of the Hellenistic period
- Offers detailed examinations of newly discovered Greek poetry and poetic criticism
- Sheds light on the reception of Greek poetry in Rome
Reviews & endorsements
Review of the hardback: '… this invaluable and endlessly engaging book splendidly reflects their scholarly priorities and pleasures.' Journal of Classics Teaching
Review of the hardback: '… a book so full that it defies summary. … will undoubtedly become an indispensable starting-point for many generations of students and scholars, presenting as it does the culmination of many years' thinking and writing on the part of both of its distinguished authors.' Hermathena
'Wary of generalization that only simplify or obscure, Fantuzzi and Hunter are right to have invested most of their energy in the scrutiny of details; it has enable them to produce the most formidable synthesis of Hellenistic poetic developments yet written.' The Times Literary Supplement
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May 2005Adobe eBook Reader
9780511079078
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Table of Contents
- 1. Performance and genre
- 2. The aetiology of Callimachus' Aitia
- 3. The Argonautica of Apollonius and epic tradition
- 4. Theocritus and the bucolic genre
- 5. Epic in a minor key
- 6. The style of Hellenistic epic
- 7. The epigram
- 8. The languages of praise
- 9. Hellenistic drama
- 10. Roman epilogue.
