A companion to Greek literature / edited by Martin Hose and David Schenker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hose, Martin, editor.

Schenker, David J., editor.

Series:

Blackwell companions to the ancient world.

Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (575 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Companion to Greek Literature presents a comprehensive introduction to the wide range of texts and literary forms produced in the Greek language over the course of a millennium beginning from the 6th century BCE up to the early years of the Byzantine Empire. Features contributions from a wide range of established experts and emerging scholars of Greek literature Offers comprehensive coverage of the many genres and literary forms produced by the ancient Greeks-including epic and lyric poetry, oratory, historiography, biography, philosophy, the novel, and technical literature Includes readin

Contents:

1. The Extent of Our Known Losses2. Tales of Survival and Recovery; 3. Transmission: Copying, Editing, and Textual Criticism; Notes; References; Further Reading; Part II Greek Literature as a Dynamic System; Chapter 3 Orality and Literacy: Ancient Greek Literature as Oral Literature; 1. Oral Features of Ancient Greek Epic; 2. Oral-Formulaic Theory and Homeric Epic; 3. Internal Evidence for Orality in Homeric Epic; 4. From Oral Performance to Written Text; 5. Homeric Epic as Written Text; References; Further Reading; Chapter 4 Literature in the Archaic Age; 1. Literature, Lyric, Performance

7. Nonnus's DionysiacaNotes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 10 Lyric: Melic, Iambic, Elegiac; 1. Introduction; 2. The Field of Greek Lyric; 3. Iambos; 4. Elegy; 5. Melos; 6. Rethinking Ancient Greek Lyric; 7. "Lyric" Genre; 8. Conclusion; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 11 The Ethics of Greek Drama; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 12 Epigram and Minor Genres; 1. Introduction; 2. From Stone to Book; 3. The Textuality of Epigram Books; 4. The Traveling Reader; 5. The New Posidippus; 6. A Sequential Reading of Lucillius Anth. Pal. 11.75-7

7. "The Sting of Love": Variations on a Theme

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119088615

1119088615

9781118886915

1118886917

9781118886069

1118886062

9781118885956

1118885953