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A manual of Greek literature: from the earliest authentic periods to the close of the Byzantine era

A manual of Greek literature: from the earliest authentic periods to the close of the Byzantine era

Anthon, Charles

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Literary CriticismAncient GreeceAncient Rome

ISBN10: 9353800722
ISBN13: 9789353800727
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jul 1 2019
Pages: 600
Weight: 1.66
Height: 1.33 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Enter the library of Greece from its first surviving voices to the last echoes of Byzantium. A complete greek literature survey for readers who want more than scattered titles. Charles Anthon's A Manual of Greek Literature is a greek literature handbook and classical literature reference guide that tracks the great line of poets, dramatists, historians, philosophers, and critics across centuries. Greek reading, distilled for everyone. Expect an ancient Greek poetry overview alongside lucid guidance through greek drama and tragedy, then a steady path into greek prose and rhetoric: from epic and lyric to oratory, biography, and scholarship. Each era is set against ancient Greece literary culture, showing how politics, education, religion, and performance shaped what was written and preserved. The sweep continues into byzantine era greek literature, offering a sense of continuity from classical Athens to Constantinople, and making the volume a practical classical philology reference as well as an ancient greek authors guide. Anthon's sure organisation links schools and genres without pedantry, keeping attention on style, influence, and the life of texts. For the curious browser it reads as a narrative of ideas and forms; for the serious reader it serves as a classics student study guide and a dependable university classics textbook in all but name, ideal for revision, browsing, and building a canon. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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