Theocritus and the Archaeology of Greek Poetry
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- Author: Richard Hunter, University of Cambridge
- Date Published: December 2006
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- isbn: 9780521035262
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This book focuses on the hymns, mimes and erotic poems of the Greek poet Theocritus, and examines how Theocritus uses the traditions of earlier Greek poetry to recreate past forms in a way that exploits the new conditions under which poetry was written in the third century BC. Recent papyri have greatly increased our understanding of how Theocritus read archaic poetry, and these new discoveries are fully drawn on in a set of readings that will change the way we look at Hellenistic poetry.
Read more- No other similar literary study available
- Make use of the latest papyrological studies
- This is the sixth book that Richard Hunter has published with the Press
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"The book is well written and excellently researched." N.J. Nicholson, Vhoice
See more reviews"...Hunter's book is rich in insights and individual observations. This book is a serious and insight-laden piece of scholarship that will reward careful study by anyone interested in Hellenistic poetry...Hunter's book provides a useful case study for the interaction of literary qppropriation and generic experimentation in one of that period's best preserved poets." International Journal of the Classical Tradition
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- Date Published: December 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521035262
- length: 220 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.338kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
List of conventions and abbreviations
1. Locating the site
2. 'All the twos': Idyll 22
3. Idyll 16: poet and patron
4. Idyll 15: imitations of mortality
5. Idyll 18 and the lyric past
6. For the love of boys: Idylls 12, 29 and 30
Epilogue
Bibliography
General index
Index of passages discussed.
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