A short history of Greek literature
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A short history of Greek literature
Routledge, 1999
- : hbk
- : pbk
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La littérature grecque d'Homère a Aristote
La littérature grecque d'Alexandre a Justinien
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"First published in French in two volumes (La littérature grecque d'Homère a Aristote and La littérature grecque d'Alexandre a Justinien) in 1990 by Presses Universitaires de France"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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A Short History of Greek Literature provides a concise yet comprehensive survey of Greek literature - from Christian authors - over twelve centuries, from Homer's epics to the rich range of authors surviving from the imperial period up to Justinian. The book is divided into three parts. The first part is devoted to the extraordinary creativity of the archaic and classical age, when the major literary genres - epic, lyric, tragedy, comedy, history, oratory and philosophy - were invented and flourished. The second part covers the Hellenistic period, and the third covers the High Empire and Late Antiquity. At that tine the masters of the previous age were elevated to the rank of 'classics'. The works of the imperial period are replete with literary allusions, yet full of references to contemporary reality.
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