THEOCRITUS AND THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF GREEK POETRY Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Year of publication

1996

Author

Hunter, Richard

Publishers

Cambridge University Press

Keyword

Literature & Fiction Movements & Periods History & Criticism, Poetry & Poets Greek Literature Classical Greek & Roman Lyric, Poetry Theocritus

Cover description

Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Binding description

Hardcover ISBN 0521560403

Description

Very minor rubbing and a couple of scratches to DJ. ; 0.87 x 8.98 x 6.22 Inches; 220 pages; This book focuses on the hymns, mimes and erotic poems of the Greek poet Theocritus, and examines how Theocritus uses the traditions of earlier Greek poetry to recreate past forms in a way that exploits the new conditions under which poetry was written in the third century BC. Recent papyri have greatly increased our understanding of how Theocritus read archaic poetry, and these new discoveries are fully drawn on in a set of readings that will change the way we look at Hellenistic poetry.