Matro of Pitane and the tradition of epic parody in the fourth century BCE : text, translation, and commentary

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Matro of Pitane and the tradition of epic parody in the fourth century BCE : text, translation, and commentary

S. Douglas Olson, Alexander Sens

(American classical studies / series editor, Matthew S. Santirocco, no. 44)

Scholars Press, c1999

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Greek and English; introd. and notes in English

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xi]-xiv) and indexes

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ISBN 9780788506147

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The fragments of Matro of Pitane (c. 300 BC) offer insights not only into the largely forgotten and obscure late-classical genre of epic parody, but also into 4th-century Athenian history, the role of food and dining in antiquity, and the history of the text of Homer and the reception of the Iliad and the Odyssey in the pre-Alexanderian period. Sens and Olson offer a new text of the 144 surviving lines of Matro's parodies based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts; a translation; a detailed philological, historical, and gastronomic commentary; and a lively introduction to the poet and his times.
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: pbk ISBN 9780788506154

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The fragments of Matro of Pitane (c. 300 BC) offer insights not only into the largely forgotten and obscure late-classical genre of epic parody, but also into 4th-century Athenian history, the role of food and dining in antiquity, and the history of the text of Homer and the reception of the Iliad and the Odyssey in the pre-Alexandrian period. Sens and Olson offer a new text of the 144 surviving lines of Matro's parodies based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts; a translation; a detailed philological, historical, and gastronomic commentary; and a lively introduction to the poet and his times.

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