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Gods and Religion in Hellenistic Poetry

Gods and Religion in Hellenistic Poetry

Harder, M. a.
Regtuit, R. F.
Wakker, G. C.

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Series: Hellenistica Groningana, Book 16

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ISBN10: 9042924845
ISBN13: 9789042924840
Publisher: Peeters
Published: Feb 2 2012
Pages: 412
Language: English
This volume contains the papers of the 'Groningen Workshop on HellenisticPoetry 9: Gods and Religion in Hellenistic Poetry' (Groningen 2008).During the workshop a first draft of the papers was commented on by aninternational group of specialists in the field of Hellenistic poetry.
Followingdevelopments in recent research, where the study of ancient religion isflourishing, the articles in this volume explore the ways in whichHellenistic poets deal with issues relating to gods and religion. Somethemes have been selected for special treatment. Thus some articles focuson the way in which Hellenistic poets inscribe the old gods in theirpoetry and give them a new role and meaning: they discuss, for instance, the role of Aphrodite, who is prominent in Hellenistc epigram, or the roleof Zeus, who is portrayed as a model and example for the Ptolemies andthus adds an extra dimension to the first hymn of Callimachus. Besides, there is room for more general aspects, such as the chronology of myth, the interaction between the rule of gods and the acts of human charactersin Apollonius' Argonautica, or the role of gods in Lycophron's Alexandraor in Hellenistic metamorphoses.
The volume is part of a series.Every two years a 'Workshop on Hellenistic Poetry' takes place at theUniversity of Groningen, the papers of which are published in the series'Hellenistica Groningana'.

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