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1 online resource (xii, 270 pages). |
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Mnemosyne supplements, 0169-8958 ; 322. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index. |
| Contents |
Hesiod. The tradition -- Origin and family of Hesiod -- Genealogies of Hesiod -- Hesiod's life; the story of Hesiod's death -- The works of Hesiod and on Hesiod; the date of Hesiod -- Formulaic themes and orphic/pythagorean influences in Hesiod's tradition -- Two modern views on the tradition of Hesiod -- Conclusion -- Stesichorus. The tradition -- Stesichorus' family -- Stesichorus' home and travels -- Stesichorus' poetry and music -- Blindness, Helen, and the Palinode -- Stesichorus and politics -- Stesichorus' name and his death -- The date of Stesichorus -- The connections with the Pythagorean tradition -- Formulaic elements in the tradition -- Conclusions -- Archilochus. The tradition -- Aarchilochus' family and his friends -- Archilochus' home, journeys, and contests -- Archilochus' encounter with the muses -- The oracles in the tradition of Archilochus -- Archilochus and the cult of gods -- Lycambes and his daughters; the death of Archilochus -- The cult of Archilochus -- Ancient criticism of Archilochus -- The date of Archilochus -- Traditional elements in Archilochus' biography -- Conclusion -- Hipponax. The tradition -- Hipponax' origin, home town and family -- Hipponax' inventions and the story of Iambe -- The quarrel with Boupalus -- The death of Hipponax -- Ancient criticism and editions of Hipponax -- The date of Hipponax -- Formulaic themes in Hipponax' tradition -- Conclusion -- Terpander. The tradition -- Terpander's home and origin -- Terpander in Sparta -- The citharodes of lesbos -- The death of Terpander -- Terpander's poetry and music -- The date of Terpander -- Formulaic themes in Terpander's tradition -- Conclusion -- Sappho. The tradition -- Ancient portraits and appearance of Sappho -- Sappho's home and family -- Sappho and Phaon, her exile and death -- Sappho's reputation, circle, and rivals -- Sappho's inventions and music -- The ancient editions of Sappho's poetry, and the treatises on her -- The date of Sappho -- Conclusions -- The formation of biographical traditions. Sources -- Time -- Formulaic themes -- Conclusion. |
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Print version record. |
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Hesiod.
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Stesichorus.
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Archilochus.
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Hipponax, active 540 B.C.-537 B.C.
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Terpander.
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Sappho.
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Archilochus. (OCoLC)fst00049108
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Hesiod. (OCoLC)fst00018805
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Hipponax, active 540 B.C.-537 B.C. (OCoLC)fst01824108
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Sappho. (OCoLC)fst00016361
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Stesichorus. (OCoLC)fst00066372
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Terpander. (OCoLC)fst00296965
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Poets, Greek -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Greek prose literature -- History and criticism.
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Greece -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Classical biography -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
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Classical biography. (OCoLC)fst00863465
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Greek prose literature. (OCoLC)fst00947525
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Greece. (OCoLC)fst01208380
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry.
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kivilo, Maarit. Early Greek poets' lives. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004186156 (DLC) 2010017664 (OCoLC)612348105 |
| ISBN |
9789004193284 (electronic bk.) |
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9004193286 (electronic bk.) |
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9789004186156 (hbk. ;) (alk. paper) |
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9004186158 (hbk. ;) (alk. paper) |
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