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Author: Neil Hopkinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-10-29
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 1108472400
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An annotated selection of Hellenistic Greek poetic texts, thoroughly updated and substantially expanded in this second edition.
Author: Neil Hopkinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1988-02-11
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780521314251
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A wide representative range of poetry, including hymns, didactic verse, pastoral poetry, epigrams and epics is supplemented by a cultural and historical introduction and commentary clarifying problems of language and text.
Author: Frank William Walbank
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780674387263
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The vast empire that Alexander the Great left at his death in 323 BC has few parallels. For the next three hundred years the Greeks controlled a complex of monarchies and city-states that stretched from the Adriatic Sea to India. F. W. Walbank's lucid and authoritative history of that Hellenistic world examines political events, describes the different social systems and mores of the people under Greek rule, traces important developments in literature and science, and discusses the new religious movements.
Author: Kathryn Gutzwiller
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2005-09-22
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 019151490X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Milan Papyrus ( P. Mil. Volg. VIII. 309), containing a collection of epigrams apparently all by Posidippus of Pella, provides one of the most exciting new additions to the corpus of Greek literature in decades. It not only contains over 100 previously unknown epigrams by one of the most prominent poets of the third century BC, but as an artefact it constitutes our earliest example of a Greek poetry book. In addition to a poetic translation of the entire corpus of Posidippus' poetry, this volume contains essays about Posidippus by experts in the fields of papyrology, Hellenistic and Augustan literature, Ptolemaic history, and Graeco-Roman visual culture.
Author: Barbara Hughes Fowler
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780299120443
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Fowler's . . . own insights are apparent throughout, and they seem to distill the personal appreciation and understanding of a scholar who has devoted much of her career to both contemplating and enjoying Hellenistic poetry. . . . [This book] would make an excellent background text for courses in later Greek and Roman art, and it can be read with profit by anyone interested in exploring the character of Hellenistic culture."--J. J. Pollitt, American Journal of Archaeology "Outstanding is the range of examples discussed both in poetry and art. Theocritus, Callimachus, Appolonius, the epigrammatists, and others--that is, the major figures of the time--are considered at length and in several different contexts. Passages are quoted in the original Greek, translated, and analyzed. Fowler's sensitivity to poetic forms, evident in her other published writings, is again evident here. In addition, however, the philosophical context is not overlooked. . . . Also highly commendable are the liberal references to works of art. Sculpture in the round and in relief, portraits, terracotta figurines, original paintings (grave stelai) and Campanian murals, mosaics, gold and silver vessels, and jewelry are introduced at various points. Every work of art discussed is illustrated in astonishingly clear photographs, which are interspersed in the body of the text."--Christine Mitchell Havelock "The Hellenistic Aesthetic provides classicists with their first thorough discussion of the aesthetic unity found in Hellenistic art and literature. . . . Fowler examines parallels both in subject matter and in artistic approach among a diverse group of literary genres and artistic forms. In twelve chapters, The Hellenistic Aesthetic surveys Alexandrian epigrams, pastorals, epics, sculptural groups, mosaics, paintings, and jewelry to supply a convincing, and frequently unexpected, picture of a unified aesthetic vision."--Jeffrey Buller, Classical Outlook
Author: Alexander Sens
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-11-19
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 0521849551
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This edition with commentary covers a wide selection of Hellenistic epigrams in a way suitable for both students and scholars.
Author: Georgia L. Irby-Massie
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-02-01
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 113455639X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →We all want to understand the world around us, and the ancient Greeks were the first to try and do so in a way we can properly call scientific. Their thought and writings laid the essential foundations for the revivals of science in medieval Baghdad and renaissance Europe. Now their work is accessible to all, with this invaluable introduction to c.100 scientific authors active from 320 BCE to 230 CE. The book begins with an outline of a new socio-political model for the development and decline of Greek science, followed by eleven chapters that cover the main disciplines: * the science which the Greeks saw as fundamental - mathematics * astronomy * astrology and geography * mechanics * optics and pneumatics * the non-mathematical sciences of alchemy, biology, medicine and 'psychology'. Each chapter contains an accessible introduction on the origins and development of the topic in question, and all the authors are set in context with brief biographies.
Author: Barbara Hughes Fowler
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780299125349
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An accomplished poet and classical scholar, Barbara Hughes Fowler brings Hellenistic poetry to life for the contemporary reader. Her selections engage us with the full range of Hellenistic poetic genres, styles, themes, and moods. The anthology includes Fowler's new translation of the entire Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes, and eight of Theocritus' Idylls, including the beautiful, sensuous description of late summer in Idyll VII and the shrewdly comical description of two young matrons venturing into the noisy streets of Alexandria in Idyll XV. There are translations of four hymns of Callimachus, as well as poems by Aratus, Bion, Herodas, Moschus, Pseudo-Moschus, and a substantial selection from the Greek Anthology. An ideal companion to her recently published book, The Hellenistic Aesthetic, Barbara Fowler's Hellenistic Poetry is both a major contribution to classical studies and an invitation to all interested readers to discover the beauty and richness of Hellenistic poetry.
Author: G. O. Hutchinson
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This broad study of the Hellenistic poets of the third century B.C. provides a much-needed picture of the poetry of the period while demonstrating its quality and vitality. Hutchinson explores the works of such writers as Theocritus, Callimachus, and Apollonius of Rhodes--developing a general conception of poetry that centers around the poets' handling of tone, level, and form--and offers a fresh analysis of the influence of Hellenistic poetry on the city of Rome.
Author: M. M. Austin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1981-10-22
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 9780521296663
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the first comprehensive sourcebook in English concentrating entirely on the Hellenistic age.
