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Hesiodic voices [electronic resource] : studies in the ancient reception of Hesiod's Works and Days / Richard Hunter

Author:
Hunter, R. L. (Richard L.)
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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1 online resource (348 pages)
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Contents:
Cover; Half title; Seriespage; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Reading Hesiod; Hesiod and the Hesiodic; Hesiodic voices; Chapter 2 A didactic poem?; Learning from Hesiod; The poet's knowledge; Poetry and prose; Useful maxims; Didactic intentions; The Phainomena of Aratus; A moral poem?182; Chapter 3 Hesiod and the symposium; Hesiodic authority; In the summertime; Hesiod's women; Chapter 4 Plutarch's Works and Days, and Proclus', and Hesiod's; Finding Plutarch; A clean life; Teaching morality; 'No work is a disgrace'; To Hesiod through Aratus and Chapter 5 Aesop and HesiodHesiod and Babrius; Hesiod and fable; The Life of Aesop; Chapter 6 Hesiod's style; Classifying Hesiod; Callimachus on Aratus, Hesiod and Homer; The Contest of Homer and Hesiod; Works cited; Index of passages discussed; General index
Summary:
Hesiod was the greatest archaic poet after Homer: this book explores his influence on Greek literature and culture.
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ISBN:
9781107732193 (electronic bk.)
1107732190 (electronic bk.)
9781107724075 (electronic bk.)
1107724074 (electronic bk.)
9781107110816 (electronic bk.)
1107110815 (electronic bk.)
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Includes bibliographical references.
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