Seeing double : intercultural poetics in Ptolemaic Alexandria / Susan A. Stephens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephens, Susan A.

Series:

Hellenistic culture and society ; 37.

Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

Hellenistic culture and society ; 37

The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek poetry, Hellenistic--Egypt--Alexandria--History and criticism.

Greek poetry, Hellenistic.

Language and culture.

Egyptian poetry.

Egypt--Alexandria.

Egyptian poetry--Egypt--Alexandria--History and criticism.

Comparative literature--Greek and Egyptian.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--Egyptian and Greek.

Language and culture--Egypt--Alexandria.

Alexandria (Egypt)--Intellectual life.

Alexandria (Egypt).

Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.

Ptolemaic dynasty.

Poetics.

Physical Description:

xvi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]

Summary:

Greek poetry written in Egypt in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE, studied for the first time in its relation to both Greek and Egyptian cultures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-267) and indexes.

ISBN:

0520229738

OCLC:

49824703