Later Greek literature
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Later Greek literature
(Yale classical studies, v. 27)
Cambridge University Press, 1982
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
Under the Roman Empire Greek literature experienced a renaissance. This flowering of interest in the Classics was in part a revival of the traditional culture associated with the glorious past and in part a development of new forms such as the novel, the classical lecture and the erotic letter. This literature has traditionally been considerably underrated and the essays in this 1982 volume of Yale Classical Studies were collected in an attempt to draw attention to the literary excellence of some undeservedly neglected authors and to inspire more readers to take them seriously. As the editors say in their introduction: 'nowadays we look to papyrology for ocasional revelations of exciting new pieces of ancient literature, but there are masterpieces already on the shelves waiting to be noticed'. This book will be of interest to students of Greek literature and ancient hsitory, especially to those concerned with post-Hellenistic Greek culture.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Theme, structure and narrative in Chariton B. P. Reardon
- 2. The importance of spohists E. L. Bowie
- 3. Lucian: a sophist's sophist Graham Anderson
- 4. The mendacity of Kalasiris and the narrative strategy of Heliodoros' Aithiopika John J. Winkler
- 5. The Emperor Julian on his predecessors G. W. Bowersock
- 6. Greek translations of Latin literature in the fourth century A. D. Elizabeth Fisher
- 7. The empress and the poet: paganism and politics at the court of Theodosius II Alan Cameron
- 8. Pastiche, pleasantry, prudish eroticism: the letters of 'Aristaenetus' W. Geoffrey Arnott
- 9. The date and purpose of the Philopatris Barry Baldwin.
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