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Arion's Lyre : Archaic Lyric into Hellenistic Poetry /

Arion's Lyre examines how Hellenistic poetic culture adapted, reinterpreted, and transformed Archaic Greek lyric through a complex process of textual, cultural, and creative reception. Looking at the ways in which the poetry of Sappho, Alcaeus, Ibycus, Anacreon, and Simonides was preserved, edi...

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Auteur principal: Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin, 1960-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé:Arion's Lyre examines how Hellenistic poetic culture adapted, reinterpreted, and transformed Archaic Greek lyric through a complex process of textual, cultural, and creative reception. Looking at the ways in which the poetry of Sappho, Alcaeus, Ibycus, Anacreon, and Simonides was preserved, edited, and read by Hellenistic scholars and poets, the book shows that Archaic poets often look very different in the new social, cultural, and political setting of Hellenistic Alexandria. For example, the Alexandrian Sappho evolves from the singer of Archaic Lesbos but has distinct associations and contex.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9781400834891