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Informationen zum Autor Tim Whitmarsh is a reader in Greek Literature at the University of Exeter Klappentext This book offers an innovative new introduction to ancient Greek literature. The volume integrates cutting-edge cultural theory with the latest research in classical scholarship, providing a comprehensive, sophisticated and accessible account of literature from Homer to late antiquity. Whitmarsh offers new readings of some of the best-known and most influential authors of Greek antiquity, including Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Aristophanes and Plato, as well as introducing many lesser-known figures. Unlike conventional narrative histories, this volume focuses on the profound effects of literature within Greek society. Whitmarsh shows that literature, distributed via a range of social institutions, such as festivals, theatres, symposia and book production, played an important role in the legitimization - and challenging - of ideologies of gender, class and cultural identity. Ancient Greek Literature will be essential reading for all students of classics. All texts in the volume are translated, and no knowledge of ancient Greek literature is assumed. Zusammenfassung In this book! Tim Whitmarsh offers an innovative new introduction to ancient Greek literature. The volume integrates cutting--edge cultural theory with the latest research in classical scholarship! providing a comprehensive! sophisticated and accessible account of literature from Homer to late antiquity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Section one: concepts. 1) 'Greek literature' and cultural history. 2) The problem of tradition. Section two: contexts. 3) Festival. 4) Symposium. 5) Theatre. 6) The power of speech. 7) Inventing the archive: Athens. 8) Building the archive: Alexandria. 9) Reading from the archive: Roman Greece. Section three: conflicts. 10) Inventing the Greek. 11) A woman's place. 12) Sexing the text. 13) Status and slavery. . Notes. Chronology of Greek Literature. References. Index of Greek Authors. General Index ...
