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Focusing on literary evidence, Gold explores patronage in Greece and Rome through the words of the authors, revealing the forces that patronage exerted on genius and talent. The author argues that, although the patron was in important influence in the development of the literature written for and about him, the literary product emerged as a force in itself, independent of the influence of the patron. Gold sees the relationship between patron and literature as an integrator of the public and private realms.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Foxing to top of textblock. Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; Describes the forms of patronage from Homer's time to the Hellenistic period, focusing on Homeric bards, the lyric poets, Pindar, Theocritus, and the Alexandrian poets and scholars. Gold then discusses patronage in Rome from the dramatists in the third century B. C. To the later republican poets such as Catullus, Lucretius, and the elegists. ; 267 pages. Seller Inventory # 30556
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dustjacket has very light sunning to spine else fine. ; Describes the forms of patronage from Homer's time to the Hellenistic period, focusing on Homeric bards, the lyric poets, Pindar, Theocritus, and the Alexandrian poets and scholars. Gold then discusses patronage in Rome from the dramatists in the third century B. C. To the later republican poets such as Catullus, Lucretius, and the elegists. ; 267 pages. Seller Inventory # 16500
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Literary patronage in Greece and Rome / Barbara K. Gold
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked, dust-dulled and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xii, 267 pages ; 23 cm. Contents; pt. 1. The institution of patronage in Greece and Rome: Patronage in archaic, classical, and Hellenistic Greece: a survey -- Patronage in Republican Rome: a survey -- pt. 2. Greek and Roman Clientela: Cicero and Archias -- Pompey and Theophanes of Mytilene -- pt. 3. Amicitia: literary patronage in the Augustan period: Maecenas and Horace -- Propertius. Subjects; Classical literature History and criticism. Authors and patrons Greece. Authors and patrons Rome. Patron and client History. Literary patrons Greece. Literary patrons Rome. Authors and patrons Greece History To 500. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 445782