{"product_id":"greek-poetry-of-the-imperial-period-an-anthology-paperback-9780521423137","title":"Greek Poetry of the Imperial Period; An Anthology (Paperback) 9780521423137","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGreek Poetry of the Imperial Period\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Anthology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn accessible selection of pagan Greek poetic texts ranging in date from the first to the sixth century AD.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNeil Hopkinson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521423137, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 September 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, 3 maps\u003cbr\u003e18.5 x 12.5 x 1.6 cm, 0.26 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\"This book fully meets the high standards we have come to expect from the editor.  Hopkinson's anthology will prove a boon to everyone who tries to introduce students to the long neglected, yet highly interesting Greek literature of the imperial period.  But even more advanced scholars who may not have read widely in these authors are sure to profit from this book.  The author is to be congratulated on accomplishing a work of such high quality.\"    Thomas A. Schmitz, International Journal of the Classical Tradition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book contains a selection of pagan Greek poetic texts ranging in date from the first to the sixth century AD. It makes easily accessible for the first time work by poets such as Quintus Smyrnaeus, Nonnus, Musaeus and Babrius hitherto neglected in Classical syllabuses. Genres represented include epic, epyllion, didactic, epigram, lyric and the verse fable. There is a brief general introduction, and in addition each section of detailed commentary is prefaced by a discussion of literary aspects of the poems and of their wider contexts. The book is intended primarily for undergraduate and graduate students of Greek, but will be of interest also to Classical scholars.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: 1. Some historical developments\u003cbr\u003e 2. Education and culture\u003cbr\u003e 3. Christianity\u003cbr\u003e 4. Pagan poetry in the Imperial period\u003cbr\u003e The Anthology: Anacreontea\u003cbr\u003e Mesomedes\u003cbr\u003e Epigrams, Quintus Smyrnaeus\u003cbr\u003e Nonnus\u003cbr\u003e Musaeus\u003cbr\u003e Oppian\u003cbr\u003e [Oppian], [Manetho], [Orpheus], Babrius\u003cbr\u003e The Commentary\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004145815832,"sku":"9780521423137","price":34.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521423137i_140fb2ad-48dd-439c-b386-5fcf34f01db4.jpg?v=1691381490","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/greek-poetry-of-the-imperial-period-an-anthology-paperback-9780521423137","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}