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

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.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 325.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Hesiod > Criticism and interpretation.
Hesiod > Influence.
Memory > Social aspects > History > Greece > To 1500.

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Call Number: PA4011 .K66 2010

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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 authors who employed and so re-created him in their own texts.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004189812
ISSN:0169-8958 ;
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