Stesichoros's Geryoneis

Informationen zum Autor Paul Curtis , Ph.D. (2005) in Classics, The University of Exeter, is an Honourary Fellow at The University of Exeter. Klappentext This monograph focuses solely on the Stesichoros's Geryoneis . The main feature to the book is its full-length commentary. As well as providing a detailed analysis on the poet's language and style, the song is considered in its wider religious context. Preface; INTRODUCTION; I. A Prosopography of Stesichoros; II. The Geryon Myth in the Archaic Period; III. Historical Background; IV. Performance; V. The Geryoneis as a Choral Song; VI. Cult of Geryon; VII. Language and Phonology; VIII. Metre; IX. The Papyri; X. The terminus ad quem of Physical Texts for the Geryoneis; XI. Order of Fragments; GERYONEIS; Note on the Text; Index Criticorum; Text; COMMENTARY; Appendices; I. Testimonia; II. Additional Sources; III. Eastern Parallels; IV. Plates; Bibliography; I. Editions; II. Commentaries; III. Select Bibliography; Tabula Comparationis; Indexes; I. Subjects and Names; II. Index Verborum

Product details

• Authors: Curtis, Paul Curtis
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.2011
• EAN: 9789004207677
• ISBN: 978-90-0-420767-7
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 248 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements; Mnemosyne, Supplements
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity