Women and power in Hellenistic poetry / edited by M.A. Harder, J.J.H. Klooster, R.F. Regtuit, G.C. Wakker.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Harder, Annette, editor.

Klooster, Jacqueline, editor.

Regtuit, R. F. (Remco F.), editor.

Wakker, G. C., editor.

Conference Name:

Groningen Workshops on Hellenistic Poetry (14th : 2019 : Groningen, Netherlands), author.

Series:

Hellenistica Groningana ; v. 26.

Hellenistica Groningana ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek poetry, Hellenistic--History and criticism--Congresses.

Greek poetry, Hellenistic.

Women in literature--Congresses.

Women in literature.

Power (Social sciences) in literature--Congresses.

Power (Social sciences) in literature.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Peeters, 2021.

Summary:

"It is a well-known and striking fact that Hellenistic Poetry is full of powerful and powerfully present women, ranging from Ptolemaic and other queens, to female (semi-)divinities and epic heroines. But the Hellenistic era is likewise remarkable for being relatively rich in female authors, specifically in the domain of epigrammatic poetry. This volume sets out to broach not only the question who the powerful women of Hellenistic poetry were, and what their power consisted of, but also, quite emphatically, in what ways they differ from or resemble previous literary representations of women in, for example, Homeric epic, archaic lyric and Athenian tragedy, and why."--Provided by vendor.

Contents:

Introduction : Women and Power in Hellenistic Poetry / Jacqueline Klooster

That I be your plaything : The cult of Arsinoe-Aphrodite in Image and text / Benjamin Acosta-Hughes

Lycophron's Cassandra, a Powerful Female Voice / Giulia Biffis

Seeing Statues : Authority, Erotic Power, and the Gendered Gaze in Theocritusʼ Idyll 3 / Matthew Chaldekas

Dorians are allowed to speak Doric : Theocritusʼ Idyll 15 in the context of Panhellenization / Sophia Decker

Courting the Queen : The Power Dynamics of Marriage as Metaphor in Callimachusʼ Victoria Berenices / Brett Evans

Hypsipyle from Euripides to Apollonius Rhodius : New Perspectives Regarding Female Power in Hellenistic Poetry / Irene Giaquinta

What angers Demeter also angers Dionysus : Demeter and Dionysus as Ptolemaic Queen and King in Callimachusʼ Hymn to Demeter / Kathleen Kidder

Sappho as Anchor for Male and Female Greek Poets in the Hellenistic Period / André Lardinois

Female Gaze in Dedications : The Case of Nossis / Flavia Licciardello

Sit back and watch : Female Power in Callimachusʼ Hymn to Demeter / Fabiana Lopes Da Silveira

Huntress and Midwife : Two Aspects of Artemis in Hellenistic Poetry / Davide Massimo

Power Divine : Apolloniusʼ Medea and the Goddesses of the Homeric Hymns / Brian D. Mc Phee

Poetically Erect again : Herodas and Female Oriented Sex-Humor in Mimiambus 6 / Jackie Murray

The Coma Stratonices : Royal Hair Encomia and Ptolemaic-Seleucid Rivalry? / Thomas J. Nelson

Revising Gender and Power in Callimachus Hymn 5 / Simone Oppen

Moschusʼ Europa as Epic Poetry Gendered Female / Valeria Pace

Youth, Beauty, and Erotic Power : Women and Boys in Greek Epigram / Michael Tueller

Index rerum et nominum

Index locorum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

British Library not licensed to copy 0.

ISBN:

9789042945791

9042945796

OCLC:

1284980159