Hesiod, the other poet : : ancient reception of a cultural icon / / by Hugo H. Koning.

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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Superior document:Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, v. 325
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Year of Publication:2010
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 325.
Physical Description:1 online resource (450 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / H. Koning
  • Introduction / H. Koning
  • 1. Introduction: Equating Hesiod And Homer / H. Koning
  • 2. The Boundless Authority Of Hesiod And Homer / H. Koning
  • 3. Hesiod And Homer: The Storekeepers Of Knowledge / H. Koning
  • 4. Introduction: Searching For Hesiod / H. Koning
  • 5. Ethics And Politics: The Common And The Arcane / H. Koning
  • 6. Philosophy: Great And Small / H. Koning
  • 7. Introduction: The Contest Of Hesiod And Homer / H. Koning
  • 8. Swords And Ploughshares / H. Koning
  • 9. The Other Poetics / H. Koning
  • 10. Conclusion / H. Koning
  • Bibliography / H. Koning
  • General Index / H. Koning
  • Index Locorum / H. Koning.