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Greek Literature in the ­Archaic Period: the ­Emergence of Authorship
Greek Literature: Volume 3
By Gregory Nagy (Edited by)

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Hardback, 300 pages
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United Kingdom, 21 December 2001

Edited with an introduction by an internationally recognized scholar, this nine-volume set represents the most exhaustive collection of essential critical writings in the field, from studies of the classic works to the history of their reception. Bringing together the articles that have shaped modern classical studies, the set covers Greek literature in all its genres--including history, poetry, prose, oratory, and philosophy--from the 6th century BC through the Byzantine era. Since the study of Greek literature encompasses the roots of all major modern humanities disciplines, the collection also includes seminal articles exploring the Greek influence on their development. Each volume concludes with a list of recommendations for further reading. This collection is an important resource for students and scholars of comparative literature, English, history, philosophy, theater, and rhetoric as well as the classics.


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Edited with an introduction by an internationally recognized scholar, this nine-volume set represents the most exhaustive collection of essential critical writings in the field, from studies of the classic works to the history of their reception. Bringing together the articles that have shaped modern classical studies, the set covers Greek literature in all its genres--including history, poetry, prose, oratory, and philosophy--from the 6th century BC through the Byzantine era. Since the study of Greek literature encompasses the roots of all major modern humanities disciplines, the collection also includes seminal articles exploring the Greek influence on their development. Each volume concludes with a list of recommendations for further reading. This collection is an important resource for students and scholars of comparative literature, English, history, philosophy, theater, and rhetoric as well as the classics.

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9780815336846
ISBN
0815336845
Dimensions
23.5 x 15.5 x 2.3 centimetres (0.54 kg)

Table of Contents

Carson, A. The Burners: A Reading of Bacchylides' Third Epinician Ode. Phoenix 38 (1984). Clay, D. Fragmentum Adespotum 976. Transactions of the American Philological Association 101 Compton, T. The Barbed Rose: Sappho as Satirist. Favonius 1 (1987). Dougherty, C. Archaic Greek Foundation Poetry: Questions of Genre and Occasion. Journal of Hellenic Studies 114 (1994). Felson, N. 1999. Vicarious Transport: Fictive Deixis in Pindar's Pythian Four. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 99 (1994). Harvey, A.E. The Classification of Greek Lyric Poetry. Classical Quarterly 5 (1955). Heath, M. Receiving the Kômos: The Context and Performance of Epinician. American Journal of Philology 109 (1988). Hubbard, T.K. The Theban Amphiaraion and Pindar's Vision on the Road to Delphi. Museum Helveticum 50 (1993). Kurke, L. Pindar's Sixth Pythian and the Tradition of Advice Poetry. Transactions of the American Philological Association 120 (1990). Miller, A.M. Pindar, Archilochus and Hieron. Transactions of the American Philological Association 111 (1981). Petropoulos, J. Sappho the Sorceress--Another Look at Fr. 1 (LP). Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 97 (1993). Power, T.C. A Chorus of Parthenoi in Bacchylides 13. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 100 (2000). Rosen, R.M. Hipponax, Boupalos, and the Conventions of the Psogos. Transactions of the American Philological Association 118 (1988). Schein, S.L. Unity and Meaning in Pindar's Sixth Pythian Ode. METIS: Revue d'Anthropologie du Monde Grec Ancien 2 (1987). Segal, C. Messages to the Underworld: An Aspect of Poetic Immortalization in Pindar. American Journal of Philology 106 (1985). Sfyroeras, P. Fireless Sacrifices: Pindar's Olympian 7 and the Panathenaic Festival. American Journal of Philology 1993 (1993). Sider, D. The Blinding of Stesichorus. Hermes 117 (1989). Slater, W.J. Futures in Pindar. Classical Quarterly 19 (1969). Stehle, E. Help me to sing, Muse, of Plataea. Arethusa 29 (1996). Wickersham, J.M. The Corpse Who Calls Theognis. Transactions of the American Philological Association 116 (1986). Yatromanolakis, D. Simonides Fr. Eleg. 22 W2: To Sing or to Mourn? Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 120 (1998). List of Recommended Readings

About the Author

Gregory Nagy is Professor of Classics at Harvard University and Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. He has written and edited numerous books on Greek literature, including HomericQuestions, The Everyman's Library The Iliad, GreekMythology and Poetics, and Poetry as Performance.

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