Greek Poetry of the Imperial Period

An Anthology
Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-0-521-41155-4
Verlag: Camb.U.P.

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 193 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

Reihe: Cambridge Greek & Latin Classics - Imperial Library

This 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hopkinson, Neil

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: 1. Some historical developments; 2. Education and culture; 3. Christianity; 4. Pagan poetry in the Imperial period; The Anthology: Anacreontea; Mesomedes; Epigrams, Quintus Smyrnaeus; Nonnus; Musaeus; Oppian; [Oppian], [Manetho], [Orpheus], Babrius; The Commentary; Indexes.