Polyeideia: The Iambi of Callimachus and the Archaic Iambic Tradition Volume 35

(Part of the Hellenistic Culture and Society Series)

by Benjamin Acosta-Hughes

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This book provides a new literary treatment of an often-overlooked collection of fragmentary poems from the third century B.C.E. Alexandrian poet Callimachus. Callimachus' Iambi form a collection of thirteen poems, which rework archaic Greek iambography and look forward to Roman satire and other genres, especially to such collections as Horace's Epodes. The poems are especially significant as examples of cultural memory since they are composed both...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0520220609

ISBN13:9780520220607

Release Date:May 2002

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:366 Pages

Weight:1.61 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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Ancient Ancient & Classical Literature Criticism & Theory Education & Reference Greek History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Medieval Movements & Periods Poetry

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Polyeideia: The Iambi of Callimachus and the Archaic Iambic Tradition Volume 35

(Part of the Hellenistic Culture and Society Series)

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