Theocritus and the Archaeology of Greek Poetry

Richard (University of Cambridge) Hunter

Cambridge University Press, 2006

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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 which exploits the new conditions under which poetry was written in the third century BC.

ISBN-13
9780521035262
ISBN-10
0521035260
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
Publication date
2006-12-14
Pages
220
Dimensions
228x152x15
Weight
338