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Polyeideia : the Iambi of Callimachus and the archaic Iambic tradition /

This book provides a new literary treatment of an often-overlooked collection of fragmentary poems from the third century B.C.E. Alexandrian poet Callimachus. Callimachus' Iambi form a collection of thirteen poems, which rework archaic Greek iambography and look forward to Roman satire and othe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Series:Hellenistic culture and society ; 35.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • One. Callimachus and the Adaption of Hipponax : Iambus 1
  • Two. On Not Going to Ephesus : Iambus 13
  • Three. The Elevated Paradigm : Iambi 12 and 1 (Lines 32-77)
  • Four. Fable : Iambi 2 and 4
  • Five. Ethical Behavior : Iambi 3 and 5
  • Six. The Statues : Iambi 6, 7, and 9.