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The Greek Figure Poems

The Greek Figure Poems

Kwapisz, J.

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Series: Hellenistica Groningana, Book 19

Literary CriticismPoetry Criticism

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ISBN10: 9042927453
ISBN13: 9789042927452
Publisher: Peeters
Published: Apr 9 2013
Pages: 229
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
The earliest European specimens of visual poetry are found in theliterature of the ancient Greeks: these are six famous technopaegnia, which were composed between the end of the fourth century BC and thefirst half of the second century AD by poets such as Simias of Rhodes, ascholar-poet and precursor of Callimachus, or Iulius Vestinus, animportant official at Hadrian's court. The present book provides anedition of the six Greek figure poems, which is accompanied by anextensive commentary and the introduction to various aspects of thismini-genre. This is the first such comprehensive treatment of the six technopaegniain 125 years.

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