The Cambridge History of Classical Literature: Volume 1, Greek Literature - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521210429 ISBN 13: 9780521210423

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1985

Synopsis

This series provides individual textbooks on early Greek poetry, on Greek drama, on philosophy, history and oratory, and on the literature of the Hellenistic period and of the Empire. A chapter on books and readers in the Greek world concludes Part 4. Each part has its own appendix of authors and works, a list of works cited, and an index.

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Review:

"...a mighty achievement, bringing together the work of nineteen of the finest scholars in the field to produce a single volume...It will surely not be superceded in this century, and probably never will..." The New York Review of Books

From the Back Cover:

The emphasis of this volume is on Greek literature produced in the period between the foundation of Alexandria late in the fourth century B.C. and the end of the 'high empire' in the third century A.D. Here we see a shift away from the city states of the Greek mainland to the new centres of culture and power, first Alexandria under the Ptolemies and then imperial Rome, Greek literature, being traditionally cosmopolitan, adapted to these changes with remarkable success, and through the efficiency of the Hellenistic educational system Greek literary culture became the essential mark of an educated person in the Graeco-Roman world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0521210429
• ISBN 13: 9780521210423
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 960
• Editor: Easterling P. E., Knox Bernard M. W.