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Overview"This book explores the representation of the gods in Greek hexameter poetry in its many forms, including epic, hymnic and didactic poetry, from the archaic period to late antiquity. Its twenty-five chapters, written by an international team of experts, trace a broad historical arc, reflecting developments in religious thought and practice, and ongoing philosophical and literary-critical engagement with the nature and representation of the divine and the relationship between humans and gods. They proceed from the poems ascribed to Hesiod and Homer and the so-called Cyclic epics, via the Hellenistic poets Apollonius, Callimachus, Aratus and Moschus, to the poets and poems of the third to sixth centuries CE, including Quintus of Smyrna, Triphiodorus, the Cynegetica, Nonnus, Eudocia, Colluthus, the Argonautica of Orpheus and the Sibylline Oracles. An epilogue explores the reception of the Greek ""epic"" gods by the Roman poets Virgil and Ovid, and by the English poets Tennyson, Walcott and Oswald." Full Product DetailsAuthor: James J Clauss , Martine Cuypers , Ahuvia KahanePublisher: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Imprint: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Volume: 56 Weight: 0.802kg ISBN: 9783515115230ISBN 10: 3515115234 Pages: 458 Publication Date: 12 September 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback 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 ContentsReviews"""The present collection of essays [...] represents the first solid and comprehensive study of the theme of the divine in hexameter poetry.""""a particularly rich collection of papers""" The present collection of essays [...] represents the first solid and comprehensive study of the theme of the divine in hexameter poetry. a particularly rich collection of papers Author InformationJames J. Clauss is Professor of Classics at the University of Washington, Seattle. Martine Cuypers is Lecturer in Greek at Trinity College Dublin. Ahuvia Kahane is Professor of Greek at Royal Holloway, University of London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |