Hesiod, the other poet :: ancient reception of a cultural icon /

Hesiod: The Other Poet is a study dealing with the role of Hesiod in the imagination and the collective memory of the ancient Greeks. Its main hypothesis is that Hesiod's image was to a large degree formed by the picture of Homer: Hesiod is decidedly different when presented as allied with, opp...

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Main Author: Koning, Hugo H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 325.
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Hesiod: The Other Poet is a study dealing with the role of Hesiod in the imagination and the collective memory of the ancient Greeks. Its main hypothesis is that Hesiod's image was to a large degree formed by the picture of Homer: Hesiod is decidedly different when presented as allied with, opposed to or simply without Homer. Following this approach, Hesiod is investigated as a moral and philosophical authority, a locus informed with values and qualities, a concept in literary-critical discourse, and more generally as a cultural and panhellenic icon constructed and reconstructed by later Greek.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 439 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-402) and indexes.
ISBN:9789004189812
9004189815
1283039419
9781283039413
9786613039415
6613039411
ISSN:0169-8958 ;

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