Hesiod and Classical Greek Poetry: Reception and Transformation in the Fifth Century BCE
Zoe Stamatopoulou
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hardcover. Surveys the complex landscape of Hesiodic reception in lyric poetry and drama in the fifth century BCE. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Hesiod was regarded by the Greeks as a foundational figure of their culture, alongside Homer. This book examines the rich and varied engagement of fifth-century lyric and drama with the poetic corpus attributed to Hesiod as well as with the poetic figure of Hesiod. The first half of the book is dedicated to Hesiodic reception in Pindaric and Bacchylidean poetry, with a particular focus on poetics, genealogies and mythological narratives, and didactic voices. The second half examines how Hesiodic narratives are approached and appropriated in tragedy and satyr drama, especially in the Prometheus plays and in Euripides' Ion. It also ... Read more
Hesiod was regarded by the Greeks as a foundational figure of their culture, alongside Homer. This book examines the rich and varied engagement of fifth-century lyric and drama with the poetic corpus attributed to Hesiod as well as with the poetic figure of Hesiod. The first half of the book is dedicated to Hesiodic reception in Pindaric and Bacchylidean poetry, with a particular focus on poetics, genealogies and mythological narratives, and didactic voices. The second half examines how Hesiodic narratives are approached and appropriated in tragedy and satyr drama, especially in the Prometheus plays and in Euripides' Ion. It also ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107162990
SKU
V9781107162990
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About Zoe Stamatopoulou
Zoe Stamatopoulou is Associate Professor of Classics at Washington University, St Louis. Her research focuses on Archaic and Classical Greek poetry as well as on Greek literature of the Imperial era, with an emphasis on the Hesiodic tradition and its reception in antiquity. She has authored several articles on Homer, Hesiod, Pindar, Euripides and Plutarch.
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