Early Greek Hexameter Poetry Paperback / softback
Edited by Peter (Victoria University of Wellington) Gainsford
Part of the New Surveys in the Classics series
Paperback / softback
Description
This is the first book to give an introduction to all genres of early Greek hexameter poetry; not only heroic legend and the origins of the gods, but also wisdom literature, genealogy, oracles, and epigraphy.
It introduces both apprentice and expert readers to the extant poems and to the fragments of some lost poems.
Some useful tools can be found here which do not exist anywhere else: a list of all known early hexameter inscriptions; a catalogue of evidence for 'cropping and splicing' of poems in ancient editions; an index of the editions of over a hundred fragmentary poets and poems.
This book offers the most up-to-date research on literary criticism and literary form, mythology and genre, language and metre, and performance and music.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:159 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/06/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781316608883
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:159 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/06/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781316608883
