The Shadow of Callimachus: Studies in the Reception of Hellenistic Poetry at Rome
Through a series of critical readings this book builds a picture of the Roman reaction to, and adoption of, the Greek poetry of the last three pre-Christian centuries. Although the poetry of the greatest figure of Greek poetry after Alexander, Callimachus of Cyrene, and his contemporaries stands at the heart of the book, the individual studies embrace the full scope of what remains of Hellenistic poetry, both high literary productions and the more marginal poetry, such as that in honour of the great goddess Isis. The singularity of the poetry of Catullus and Virgil, of Horace and the elegists, emerges as more rich and complex than has hithert…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-521-87118-1
- EAN: 9780521871181
- Produktnummer: 2561953
- Verlag: Cambridge
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 174 S.
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B13.5 cm x D1.5 cm 272 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 272
Über den Autor
Richard Hunter is Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College. He has published extensively in the fields of Greek and Latin literature; his most recent books include Theocritus: A Selection (1999), Theocritus: Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus (2003), Plato's Symposium (2004), and (with M. Fantuzzi), Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry (2004).
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