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OverviewThis book offers a new description of the significance of Hesiod's 'myth of the races' for ancient Greek and Roman authors, showing how the most detailed responses to this story go far beyond nostalgia for a lost 'Golden' age or hope of its return. Through a series of close readings, it argues that key authors from Plato to Juvenal rewrite the story to reconstruct 'Hesiod' more broadly as predecessor in forming their own intellectual and rhetorical projects; disciplines such as philosophy, didactic poetry and satire all engage in implicit questions about 'Hesiodic' teaching. The first chapter introduces key issues; the second re-evaluates the account in Hesiod's Works and Days. A major chapter outlines Plato's use of Hesiod through close study of the Protagoras, Republic and Statesman. Subsequent chapters focus on Aratus' Phaenomena and Ovid's Metamorphoses; the final chapter, on the Octavia attributed to Seneca and Juvenal's sixth Satire, broadens ideas of Hesiod's reception in Rome. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Helen Van Noorden (Girton College, Cambridge)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.20cm Weight: 0.620kg ISBN: 9780521760812ISBN 10: 052176081 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 15 December 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents1. Approaching Hesiod; 2. Embedding the races in Hesiod; 3. 'Hesiod's races and your own': Plato's 'Hesiodic' projects; 4. 'They called her Justice…': reading Hesiod in Aratus' Phaenomena; 5. Hesiod ad mea tempora in Ovid's Metamorphoses; 6. Saeculo premimur graui: re-performing 'Hesiod' in Rome; Conclusion: playing Hesiod.ReviewsAuthor InformationHelen Van Noorden is Wrigley Fellow and Lecturer in Classics at Girton College, Cambridge. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |