Theocritus and the Archaeology of Greek Poetry

Klappentext This book focuses on the hymns, mimes and erotic poems of the Greek poet Theocritus. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the hymns! mimes and erotic poems of the Greek poet Theocritus! and examines how Theocritus uses the traditions of earlier Greek poetry to recreate past forms in a way which exploits the new conditions under which poetry was written in the third century BC. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of conventions and abbreviations; 1. Locating the site; 2. 'All the twos': Idyll 22; 3. Idyll 16: poet and patron; 4. Idyll 15: imitations of mortality; 5. Idyll 18 and the lyric past; 6. For the love of boys: Idylls 12, 29 and 30; Epilogue; Bibliography; General index; Index of passages discussed.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Hunter, Richard (University of Cambridge) Hunter, Richard L. Hunter, Hunter Richard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.12.2006
• EAN: 9780521035262
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03526-2
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets