Description |
1 online resource (348 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Cambridge Classical Studies
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Cambridge classical studies.
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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. |
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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. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Hesiod. Works and days.
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Plutarch.
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Plutarch. |
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Works and days (Hesiod) |
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Greek literature -- History and criticism.
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Greek literature. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Hunter, Richard. Hesiodic Voices. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014 9781107724075 |
ISBN |
9781107732193 (electronic book) |
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1107732190 (electronic book) |
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9781107724075 (electronic book) |
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1107724074 (electronic book) |
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9781107110816 (electronic book) |
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1107110815 (electronic book) |
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9781107046900 |
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1107046904 |
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9781107624979 (paperback) |
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1107624975 |
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