{"product_id":"a-companion-to-hellenistic-literature-paperback-softback-9781118782903","title":"A Companion to Hellenistic Literature (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118782903","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Hellenistic Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames J. Clauss (Edited by), J Clauss (Author), Martine Cuypers (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118782903, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 January 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e576 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.875 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"New and interesting observations abound, and the volume as a whole offers a welcome introduction to an area of burgeoning scholarly interest. Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Particularly notable are the concluding four chapters, on cross-cultural influence and exchange with western Asia, the Jewish world, Egyptian literature, and the early Roman world. Throughout the volume, individual authors and works are described in detail, with excerpts occurring frequently in the Greek original followed by English translation. Written to be accessible to advanced language students and the non-specialist, with many references to current events and media for context, the scholarship of this work is very high, making the volume a resource for scholars as well.\" (\u003ci\u003eBook News, Inc.,\u003c\/i\u003e November 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOffering unparalleled scope, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Hellenistic Literature\u003c\/i\u003e in 30 newly commissioned essays explores the social and intellectual contexts of literature production in the Hellenistic period, and examines the relationship between Hellenistic and earlier literature.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a wide ranging critical examination of Hellenistic literature, including the works of well-respected poets alongside lesser-known historical, philosophical, and scientific prose of the period\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores how the indigenous literatures of Hellenized lands influenced Greek literature and how Greek literature influenced Jewish, Near Eastern, Egyptian, and Roman literary works\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Maps viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames J. Clauss and Martine Cuypers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Contexts 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 From Alexander to Augustus 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Erskine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Literature and the Kings 30\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRolf Strootman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Ptolemaic Alexandria 46\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Stephens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Education 62\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJessica Wissmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Poetry 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Prefigured Muse: Rethinking a Few Assumptions on Hellenistic Poetics 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBenjamin Acosta-Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Callimachus’ Aetia 92\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnnette Harder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Hellenistic Elegy: Out from Under the Shadow of Callimachus 106\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJackie Murray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Epigram 117\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJon S. Bruss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Apollonius’ Argonautica 136\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdolf Köhnken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Narrative Hexameter Poetry 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnnemarie Ambühl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Hymns and Encomia 166\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnthony W. Bulloch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Sung Poetry: The Case of Inscribed Paeans 181\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarco Fantuzzi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Aratus 197\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKatharina Volk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Nicander 211\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEnrico Magnelli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Bucolic Fiction of Theocritus 224\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Payne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Idyll 6 and the Development of Bucolic after Theocritus 238\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. D. Reed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Iambos and Parody 251\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuth Scodel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Herodas and the Mime 267\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElena Esposito\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Menander’s Comedy 282\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Lape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Hellenistic Tragedy and Lycophron’s Alexandra 297\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Sens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Prose 315\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Historiography, Rhetoric, and Science: Rethinking a Few Assumptions on Hellenistic Prose 317\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartine Cuypers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Literary Criticism 337\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKathryn J. Gutzwiller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Philosophy after Aristotle 366\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen A. White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 From Polybius to Dionysius: The Decline and Fall of Hellenistic Historiography 384\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlain M. Gowing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Prose Fiction 395\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTim Whitmarsh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Neighbors 413\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Jewish Literature 415\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErich S. Gruen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Egyptian Literature 429\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacco Dieleman and Ian S. Moyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Literature in Western Asia 448\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSilke Knippschild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 From the Head of Zeus: The Beginnings of Roman Literature 463\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames J. Clauss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 479\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 535\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173780975896,"sku":"9781118782903","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781118782903.jpg?v=1781171873","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-companion-to-hellenistic-literature-paperback-softback-9781118782903","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}