A Companion to Hellenistic Literature

by Clauss, James J.; Cuypers, Martine

• ISBN13: 9781405136792
• ISBN10: 1405136790
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-10
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Offering unparalleled scope, A Companion to Hellenistic Literature in 30 newly commissioned essays explores the social and intellectual contexts of literature production in the Hellenistic period, and examines the relationship between Hellenistic and earlier literature. Provides a wide ranging critical examination of Hellenistic literature, including the works of well-respected poets alongside lesser-known historical, philosophical, and scientific prose of the period Explores how the indigenous literatures of Hellenized lands influenced Greek literature and how Greek literature influenced Jewish, Near Eastern, Egyptian, and Roman literary works

Author Biography

James J. Clauss is Professor of Classics at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of The Best of the Argonauts: The Revefinition of the Epic Hero in Book 1 of Apollonius' Argonautica (1993), the co-editor of Mevea: Essays on Mevea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art (1997), and the co-translator of Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide by Filippo Coarelli (2007).
Martine Cuypers is Lecturer in Greek at Trinity College Dublin. She is preparing a forthcoming commentary on Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica and has co-edited Beginning from Apollo: Studies in Apollonius Rhodius and the Argonautic Tradition (2005). She also maintains the online Hellenistic Bibliography.

Table of Contents

List of Maps.

Notes on Contributors.

Preface.

Acknowledgements. Abbreviations.

1. Introduction: James J. Clauss (University of Washington, Seattle) and Martine Cuypers (Trinity College, Dublin).

Part I: Contexts:

2. From Alexander to Augustus: Andrew Erskine (University of Edinburgh).

3. Literature and the Kings: Rolf Strootman (Utrecht University).

4. Ptolemaic Alexandria: Susan Stephens (Stanford University, CA).

5. Education: Jessica Wissmann (University of Iowa).

Part II: Poetry:

6. The Pre-Figured Muse: Rethinking a Few Assumptions on Hellenistic Poetics: Benjamin Acosta-Hughes (Ohio State University).

7. Callimachus’ Aetia: Annette Harder (University of Groningen).

8. Hellenistic Elegy: Out from Under the Shadow of Callimachus: Jackie Murray (Skidmore College, NY).

9. Epigram: Jon S. Bruss (University of Kansas).

10. Apollonius’ Argonautica: Adolf Köhnken (Westfalische Wilhelms-Universität Münster).

11. Narrative Hexameter Poetry: Annemarie Ambühl (University of Groningen).

12. Hymns and Encomia: Anthony W. Bulloch (University of California, Berkeley).

13. Sung Poetry: The Case of Inscribed Paeans: Marco Fantuzzi (Columbia University, New York).

14. Aratus: Katharina Volk (Columbia University, New York).

15. Nicander: Enrico Magnelli (University of Florence).

16. The Bucolic Fiction of Theocritus: Mark Payne (University of Chicago).

17. Idyll 6 and the Development of Bucolic after Theocritus: J. D. Reed (University of Michigan).

18. Iambos and Parody: Ruth Scodel (University of Michigan).

19. Herodas and the Mime: Elena Esposito (University of Florence).

20. Menander’s Comedy: Susan Lape (University of Southern California).

21. Hellenistic Tragedy and Lycophron’s Alexandra: Alexander Sens (Georgetown University, Washington DC).

Part III: Prose:

22. Historiography, Rhetoric, and Science: Rethinking a Few Assumptions on Hellenistic Prose: Martine Cuypers (Trinity College, Dublin).

23. Literary Criticism: Kathryn J. Gutzwiller (University of Cincinatti).

24. Philosophy after Aristotle: Stephen A. White (University of Texas-Austin).

25. From Polybius to Dionysius: The Decline and Fall of Hellenistic Historiography: Alain M. Gowing (University of Washington, Seattle).

26. Prose Fiction: Tim Whitmarsh (University of Oxford).

Part IV: Neighbors:

27. Jewish Literature: Erich S. Gruen (University of California, Berkeley).

28. Egyptian Literature: Jacco Dieleman (University of California, Los Angeles) and Ian S. Moyer (University of Michigan).

29. Literature in Western Asia: Silke Knippschild (University of Bristol).

30. From the Head of Zeus: The Beginnings of Roman Literature: James J. Clauss (University of Washington, Seattle).

Bibliography.

Index.