Greek Literature
by P. E. Easterling (Editor, Contribution by)W. V. Clausen (Contribution by)E. J. Kenney (Contribution by)Bernard M. W. Knox (Editor)
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ISBN13: 9780521359818
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The period from the eighth to the fifth centuries B.C. was one of extraordinary creativity in the Greek-speaking world. Poetry was a public and popular medium, and its production was closely related to developments in contemporary society. At the time when the city states were acquiring their distinctive institutions epic found the greatest of all its exponents in Homer, and lyric poetry for both solo and choral performance became a genre which attracted poets of the first rank, writers of the quality of Sappho, Alcaeus and Pindar, whose influence on later literature was to be profound. This volume covers the epic tradition, the didactic poems of Hesiod and his imitators, and the wide-ranging work of the iambic, elegiac and lyric poets of what is loosely called the archaic age. The contributors make use of recent papyrus finds (particularly in the case of Archilochus and Stesichorus) to fill out the picture of a cosmopolitan and highly sophisticated literary culture which had not yet found its intellectual centre in Athens.
| ISBN-13 | 9780521359818 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0521359813 |
| Weight | 0.80 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.00 x 0.66 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $57.99 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 264 pages |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Published On | 1989-05-04 |
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