Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry

Forsideomslag
Cambridge University Press, 13. jan. 2005 - 511 sider
Hellenistic poets of the third and second centuries BC were concerned with the need both to mark their continuity with the classical past and to demonstrate their independence from it. In this revised and expanded translation of Muse e modelli: la poesia ellenistica da Alessandro Magno ad Augusto, Greek poetry of the third and second centuries BC and its reception and influence at Rome are explored allowing both sides of this literary practice to be appreciated. Genres as diverse as epic and epigram are considered from a historical perspective, in the full range of their deep-level structures, providing a different perspective on the poetry and its influence at Rome. Some of the most famous poetry of the age such as Callimachus' Aitia and Apollonius' Argonautica is examined. In addition, full attention is paid to the poetry of encomium, in particular the newly published epigrams of Posidippus, and Hellenistic poetics, notably Philodemus.

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The aetiology of Callimachus Aitia
42
The Argonautica of Apollonius and epic tradition
89
Theocritus and the bucolic genre
133
and stylisation
167
Epic in a minor key
191
The style of Hellenistic epic
246
The epigram
283
The languages of praise
350
Hellenistic drama
404
IO Roman epilogue
444
Bibliography
486
Index of passages discussed
500
General index
506
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