Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry - Hardcover

Fantuzzi, Marco; Hunter, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521835119 ISBN 13: 9780521835114

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description

Hellenistic poets of the third and second centuries BC sought to mark their continuity with the classical past and to demonstrate their independence from it. This major new study explores the Greek poetry of the period and its reception and influence at Rome, allowing both sides of this literary practice to be properly appreciated for the first time. The book sets close readings of some of the most familiar poetry of the age, such as Callimachus' Aitia, alongside detailed consideration of newly published texts such as the epigrams of Posidippus.

About the Author

Richard Hunter is Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity College. He has published extensively on Hellenistic poetry and previous works include The New Comedy of Greece and Rome (0521316529), The Argonautica of Apollonius: literary studies (0521604389), and Theocritus, Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus (Berkeley, 2003).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521835119
• ISBN 13: 9780521835114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 522