Mythical Narratives in Stesichorus

Greek Heroes on the Move
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-11-071545-3
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 115, 315 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 636 g

Reihe: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

The mythical narratives of Stesichorus provide the earliest surviving examples of poetic production in the Greek West. This book illustrates how Stesichorus reshaped Greek epic to create a remarkably innovative type of lyric poetry – a literature that was particularly expressive in its handling of motifs associated with travel, such as the voyages of heroes, their returns home, and their escapes. This comprehensive survey of Stesichorus’ treatment of myth discusses his engagement with Homer and Hesiod, his powerful and often moving means of characterisation, his subtle treatment of narrative, and his elaboration of emotional episodes unprecedented in archaic Greek lyric poetry.
All Greek is translated, making the book accessible to anyone with an interest in one of the great poets of archaic Greece, whose work had such an impact on the later genre of tragedy.

Zielgruppe

Classical Scholars, students, and all those interested in Archaic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carvalho, Sofia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Sofia Carvalho, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.