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Theocritus and the Archaeology of Greek Poetry
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Hardcover
from Cambridge Univ Pr (April 1, 1996)
9780521560405 | details & prices | 207 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $99.99
Paperback
1 edition from Cambridge Univ Pr (December 14, 2006)
9780521035262 | details & prices | 207 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.72 lbs | List price $44.99
About: This book focuses on the hymns, mimes and erotic poems of the Greek poet Theocritus, and examines how Theocritus uses the traditions of earlier Greek poetry to recreate past forms in a way that exploits the new conditions under which poetry was written in the third century BC.
About: This book focuses on the hymns, mimes and erotic poems of the Greek poet Theocritus, and examines how Theocritus uses the traditions of earlier Greek poetry to recreate past forms in a way that exploits the new conditions under which poetry was written in the third century BC.