A Guide to Hellenistic Literature

Abstract

Preface. List of Illustrations. 1 History and Culture. 1.1 The Successors. 1.2 Macedonia and Greece. 1.3 Seleucid Asia. 1.4 Attalid Pergamum. 1.5 Ptolemaic Egypt. 2 Aesthetics and Style. 2.1 Aesthetic Principles. 2.2 Meter, Dialect, and Diction. 2.3 Literature as Artefact. 3 Authors and Genres. 3.1 Menander. 3.2 Callimachus. 3.3 Apollonius. 3.4 Theocritus and the Other Bucolic Poets. 3.5 Didactic Poetry. 3.6 Epigrams. 3.7 Dramatic Poetry. 3.8 Parodic and Philosophical Literature. 3.9 Polybius. 3.10 Technical Prose Writing. 4 Topics in Hellenistic Literature. 4.1 Learning and Innovation. 4.2 Book Culture and Performance. 4.3 Social and Political Background. 4.4 The Critical Impulse. 4.5 Reception in Rome. Suggested Reading. Bibliography. Index

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