Ainoi, logoi, mythoi : fables in archaic, classical, and Hellenistic Greek literature : with a study of the theory and terminology of the genre /
The first study to focus on the numerous ancient Greek fables occurring outside (and predating) the extant fable collections. Divided into three parts, its core is an intertextual analysis of the functions of fables and their allusions. Here the author covers many different authors and a variety of...
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Format: eBook
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English
Ancient Greek
Published:
Leiden ; New York :
Brill,
1997.
Series:
Mnemosyne, Supplements
166.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049.
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Call Number: PA3247 .D55 1997
| Summary: | The first study to focus on the numerous ancient Greek fables occurring outside (and predating) the extant fable collections. Divided into three parts, its core is an intertextual analysis of the functions of fables and their allusions. Here the author covers many different authors and a variety of genres in Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Greek Literature, ranging from lyric to historiography, from Aristotle to Hesiod and from Agamemnon to Zopyrus. This analysis is based on a study of both modern and ancient fable theory - the latter having hitherto never been studied in toto , and incorporating the Graeco-Roman terminology of the genre. The book's third part is a collection of all texts (and contexts) studied, which greatly facilitates cross-referencing. |
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| Item Description: | Title romanized. Includes indexes. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxx, 683 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 577-610). |
| ISBN: | 9789004330306 |
| ISSN: | 0169-8958 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |