Early Greek Hexameter Poetry

Herausgeber: Gainsford, Peter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an introduction to all genres of early hexameter poetry, introducing readers to extant and fragmentary works.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 159
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 156mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9781316608883
• ISBN-10: 1316608883
• Artikelnr.: 45160860

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. The Poems: 1. The Hesiodic works and days
2. The Hesiodic theogony
3. The Hesiodic catalogue of women
4. The Hesiodic shield
5. The Homeric hymns
6. The epic cycle
7. Oracle collectors (chresmologoi)
8. Epigraphy
Part II. Genre: 9. Large-scale: overarching topics and themes
10. Medium-scale: sub-themes and major structural features
11. Small-scale: tropes and stylistic features
Part III. Tradition and Legend: 12. Unrecorded traditions
13. Hexameter and the formula
14. Pre history of the epic tradition
Part IV. Performance: 15. Musical instruments
16. Rhythm
17. Pitch and melody
18. Performance context
Part V. Fragments: 19. Introduction to fragments
20. Examples of fragments
21. How to approach a fragmentary text
22. Vestigial fragments
Part VI. Relationship between Poems: 23. Modern scholarship: neoanalysis and other 'systemic' interpretations
24. Ancient transmission: cropping and splicing
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.