Hesiod and Aeschylus

Friedrich Solmsen (1904¿1989) was Chair of the Department of Classics at Cornell University and Moses Slaughter Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Wisconsin¿Madison, and he taught at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His many books include Plato's Theology, Hesiod and Aeschylus, and Aristotle's System of the Physical World: A Comparison with His Predecessors, all published by Cornell in the series Cornell Studies in Classical Philology.

Summary

This book, first published in 1949, has long been recognized as the standard work on Hesiod's influence on other Athenian poets, particularly Aeschylus.

Product details

• Authors: Friedrich Solmsen
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.10.1995
• EAN: 9780801482748
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-8274-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology; The Cornell Yeats; Cornell Studies in Classical Philology; Cornell Studies in Classical P
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama