Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 358 pages)
ISBN:
9780520918979
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0520918975
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0585160333
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9780585160337
Serie:
Hellenistic culture and society 28
Inhalt:
Epigrams, the briefest of Greek poetic forms, had a strong appeal for readers of the Hellenistic period (323-31 B.C.). One of the most characteristic literary forms of the era, the epigram, unlike any other ancient or classical form of poetry, was not only composed for public recitation but was also collected in books intended for private reading. Brief and concise, concerned with the personal and the particular, the epigram emerged in the Hellenistic period a
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-339) and indexes
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Introduction
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Hellenistic Epigram Books: The Evidence from Manuscripts and Papyri. - "In the Epigrams of ..." - On Papyri. - In Manuscript
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The Third Century: From Stone to Book. - Anyte. - Nossis. - Leonidas of Tarentum
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The Third Century: Erotic and Sympotic Epigram. - Asclepiades. - Posidippus. - Hedylus
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The Book and the Scholar: Callimachus' Epigrammata. - The Epigrammata. - Dedicatory Epigrams. - Sepulchral Epigrams. - Erotic Epigrams
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The Art of Variation: From Book to Anthology. - Antipater of Sidon. - Meleager.
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Structure of Cephalan Books
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Meleager's Amatory Book
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Structure of Meleager's Amatory Book
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Meleager's Dedicatory Book
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Meleager's Sepulchral Book
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Meleager's Epideictic Book.
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Short quotes in ancient Greek with English translation following
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520208575
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0520208579
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Gutzwiller, Kathryn J Poetic garlands Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1998 ISBN 0520208579
Sprache:
Englisch
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