Ancient Greek Literature and Society / / Charles R. Beye.
Charles R. Beye here offers a lively and challenging overview of Greek literature from Homer to Apollonius of Rhodes, providing a coherent social and historical background to the era.Beye stresses the great distance that separates the twentieth century from the age and audience for which ancient Gre...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1987 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Edition: | Second Edition Revised |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (376 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Language
- 2. Winged Words
- 3. The Heroic World
- 4. Literature of the Archaic Period
- 5. Athens in the Fifth Century
- 6. Tragedy
- 7. Comedy
- 8. The Beginnings of Prose
- 9. Alexandria: The New Athens
- Further Reading
- Appendix: Important Dates in History and Literature
- Index