Criteria of Truth - Representations of Truth and Falsehood in Hellenistic Poetry

Amidst conflicting information and personal experiences, how can someone distinguish between truth and falsehood? Criteria of Truth: Representations of Truth and Falsehood in Hellenistic Poetry tackles this fundamental question through a study of five Hellenistic poems by Aratus, Nicander, Callimachus, Apollonius of Rhodes, and Lycophron.

About the author

Kathleen Kidder is Professor of Practice in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Houston.

Summary

Amidst conflicting information and personal experiences, how can someone distinguish between truth and falsehood? Criteria of Truth: Representations of Truth and Falsehood in Hellenistic Poetry tackles this fundamental question through a study of five Hellenistic poems by Aratus, Nicander, Callimachus, Apollonius of Rhodes, and Lycophron.

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen Kidder
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9780674292420
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29242-0
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: Hellenic Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Poetry / Poems