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The Laurel and the Olive - (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes) by Benjamin Acosta-Hughes (Hardcover)

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  • A central, much-studied feature of the poetry of 3rd cent.
  • About the Author: Benjamin Acosta-Hughes, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
  • 617 Pages
  • History, Ancient
  • Series Name: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

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About the Book



This collection of studies of Archaic and Hellenistic Poetry encompasses Benjamin Acosta-Hughes' 30+ year scholarly career as reader and critic of these texts. The collection highlights artistic reflection of earlier poetic models in the creative



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A central, much-studied feature of the poetry of 3rd cent. BCE Alexandria is the artistic treatment of the cultural past, the reception of earlier Greek poetry and artwork in the artistic creations of a new, Greco-Egyptian world deracinated both geographically and temporally from the heroes and models of Archaic and Classical Greece. Benjamin Acosta-Hughes has devoted a 30+ year professional scholarly career to the study of this reception, one of both imitation and variation, which took place concurrently with the massive collection and categorization of earlier Greek literature in the work of the scholars gathered under royal patronage at the Ptolemaic court in Alexandria, a truly revolutionary new effort of cultural memorialization. The poets of this period, among them Callimachus, Theocritus, Apollonius and Posidippus, vied in their efforts to compose works that at once celebrated their poetic heritage and at the same time marked their own poetry as original artistic creation and as critical commentary upon their earlier models. This collection will be of interest not only for readers of Archaic and Hellenistic poetry, but also for readers interested in the later reception of the Alexandrians at Rome.



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This collection of studies of Archaic and Hellenistic Poetry encompasses Benjamin Acosta-Hughes' 30+ year scholarly career as reader and critic of these texts. The collection highlights artistic reflection of earlier poetic models in the creative work of the poets of 3rd cent. BCE Alexandria, an era that saw one of the first concentrated efforts to preserve, document and celebrate earlier Homeric and Classical Greece as a cultural heritage.



About the Author



Benjamin Acosta-Hughes, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x 1.31 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.29 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 617
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Ancient
Series Title: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes
Publisher: De Gruyter
Theme: Egypt
Format: Hardcover
Author: Benjamin Acosta-Hughes
Language: English
Street Date: June 4, 2024
TCIN: 1006383457
UPC: 9783110787504
Item Number (DPCI): 247-25-7615
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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