The Poets of Alexandria

by Susan A. Stephens

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Alexandria was the greatest of the new cities founded by Alexander the Great as his armies swept eastward. It was ruled by his successors, the Ptolemies, who presided over one of the richest and most productive periods in the whole of Greek literature. Susan A Stephens here reveals a cultural world in transition: reverential of the compositions of the past (especially after construction of the great library, repository for all previous Greek oeuvres),...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1848858809

ISBN13:9781848858800

Release Date:May 2018

Publisher:I. B. Tauris & Company

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Related Subjects

History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences

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