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'Critical Moments in Classical Literature is a curious book; deeply learned, elegantly written, and filled with subtle observations on a vast array or texts … The individual chapters are filled with insightful observations on countless ancient critical passages …' Hermathena

'Critical Moments in Classical Literature is a curious book; deeply learned, elegantly written, and filled with subtle observations on a vast array or texts ... The individual chapters are filled with insightful observations on countless ancient critical passages ...' Hermathena

'Critical Moments in Classical Literature is a curious book; deeply learned, elegantly written, and filled with subtle observations on a vast array or texts ... The individual chapters are filled with insightful observations on countless ancient critical passages ...' Hermathena ... minor reservations aside, this is a thought-provoking and enjoyable book. It is both accessible and challenging, especially in its introduction of little known or discussed texts that usually remain at the outer edges of students' and many scholars' awareness. BMCR Critical Moments in Classical Literature is a curious book; deeply learned, elegantly written, and filled with subtle observations on a vast array or texts ... The individual chapters are filled with insightful observations on countless ancient critical passages ... Hermathena

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Richard Hunter is Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College. He has published extensively in the fields of Greek and Latin literature; his most recent books include Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry (with M. Fantuzzi, 2004), The Shadow of Callimachus (2006), and Wandering Poets in Ancient Greek Culture (with I. Rutherford, 2008). Many of his essays are collected in On Coming After (2008).

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