Wandering poets and other essays on late Greek literature and philosophy / Alan Cameron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cameron, Alan, 1938-2017, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Greek poetry--History and criticism.

Greek poetry.

Greek poetry--Egypt--History and criticism.

Egypt.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 359 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Contents:

Wandering poets: a literary movement in Byzantine Egypt

The empress and the poet

The poet, the bishop and the harlot

Palladas: new poems, new date?

Claudian

Claudian revisited

Poets and pagans in Byzantine Egypt

Poetry and literary culture in late antiquity

Hypatia: life, death and works

The last days of the Academy at Athens

Oracles and earthquakes

Paganism in sixth-century Byzantium.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780190268947

0190268948

OCLC:

927374642