Theocritus and the Archaeology of Greek Poetry

by Richard L. Hunter and Richard Hunter

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The poems of Theocritus are our best witness to a brilliant poetic culture that flourished in the first half of the third century BC. This book considers the context from which these poems grew and, in particular, the manner in which they engage with and recreate the poetic forms of the Greek archaic age. The focus is not on the familiar bucolic poems of Theocritus, but on the hymns, mimes and erotic poems of the second half of the corpus. Recent...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521035260

ISBN13:9780521035262

Release Date:December 2006

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:220 Pages

Weight:0.72 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Language Arts Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Poetry

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