Jenny Strauss Clay
Author of Hesiod's Cosmos
About the Author
Jenny Strauss Clay is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia and the author of The Wrath of Athena: Gods and Men in the Odyssey (1983), an influential study of the Odyssey; The Politics of Olympus (1989; 2006), a groundbreaking study of the Homeric Hymns; as show more well as numerous articles on Greek and Roman poetry. Her book, Hesiod's Cosmos (2003), on the Theogony and the Works and Days, offers a new and coherent synthesis of the two poems. show less
Works by Jenny Strauss Clay
The Politics of Olympus: Form and Meaning in the Major Homeric Hymns (BCPaperbacks) (1989) 24 copies
The Wrath of Athena: Gods and Men in The Odyssey (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches) (1983) 20 copies
Panhellenes at methone : graph in late geometric and protoarchaic methone (2017) — Editor — 2 copies
Euphrosyne: Studies in Ancient Philosophy, History, and Literature (Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, 370) (2020) — Editor — 1 copy
The Hecate of the Theogony 1 copy
Associated Works
Archaic and Classical Choral Song: Performance, Politics and Dissemination (2011) — Contributor — 6 copies
Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (Mnemosyne Supplements: Monographs on Greek and Latin Language and Literature, 455) (2022) — Contributor — 4 copies
Wisdom, Love, and Friendship in Ancient Greek Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Daniel Devereux (2020) — Contributor — 2 copies
Arethusa (vol 29 no 2): The New Simonides — Contributor — 1 copy
The Look of Lyric: Greek Song and the Visual: Studies in Archaic and Classical Greek Song, Vol. 1 (Mnemosyne, Supplements) (English and Ancient Greek Edition) (2016) — Contributor — 1 copy
Strategies of Ambiguity in Ancient Literature (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes, 114) (2021) — Contributor — 1 copy
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I actually took time reading this dissertation than I do with the actual Hesiod's Theogony. Not very unlike a university dissertation, this is a comprehensive literature review of the Hesiod's famous work in classical literature. I for one, being Asian, can't read Greek nor I could understand any much of certain paragraphs and it get confusing and more confusing as historical classics always do.
Hesiod's Cosmos is almost like a PhD thesis. With annotation and appendices, and often providing show more examples and translations with the original Greek, it is a reference guide that studies the depth of Theogony and Workds and Days. Both the actual dissertation and the bottom footnotes, complements the academical style down with the full references of the article that the writer obtain.
If you ever wanted more out of the classic, you should get this book instead. Richly informative, structured and at most time, convenient reference to those who need to find the hidden things inside the literature without being wayward about the whole genesis of Ancient Greek's theology.
However, if you're looking for light reading, this is appropriately an academic text as the author is a professor Hence, the density of it. There are other reference guide available in the market, but an essay on Theogony by someone who is obviously an expert in the field, this is priceless even to me who is a science major. show less
Hesiod's Cosmos is almost like a PhD thesis. With annotation and appendices, and often providing show more examples and translations with the original Greek, it is a reference guide that studies the depth of Theogony and Workds and Days. Both the actual dissertation and the bottom footnotes, complements the academical style down with the full references of the article that the writer obtain.
If you ever wanted more out of the classic, you should get this book instead. Richly informative, structured and at most time, convenient reference to those who need to find the hidden things inside the literature without being wayward about the whole genesis of Ancient Greek's theology.
However, if you're looking for light reading, this is appropriately an academic text as the author is a professor Hence, the density of it. There are other reference guide available in the market, but an essay on Theogony by someone who is obviously an expert in the field, this is priceless even to me who is a science major. show less
I actually took time reading this dissertation than I do with the actual Hesiod's Theogony. Not very unlike a university dissertation, this is a comprehensive literature review of the Hesiod's famous work in classical literature. I for one, being Asian, can't read Greek nor I could understand any much of certain paragraphs and it get confusing and more confusing as historical classics always do.
Hesiod's Cosmos is almost like a PhD thesis. With annotation and appendices, and often providing show more examples and translations with the original Greek, it is a reference guide that studies the depth of Theogony and Workds and Days. Both the actual dissertation and the bottom footnotes, complements the academical style down with the full references of the article that the writer obtain.
If you ever wanted more out of the classic, you should get this book instead. Richly informative, structured and at most time, convenient reference to those who need to find the hidden things inside the literature without being wayward about the whole genesis of Ancient Greek's theology.
However, if you're looking for light reading, this is appropriately an academic text as the author is a professor Hence, the density of it. There are other reference guide available in the market, but an essay on Theogony by someone who is obviously an expert in the field, this is priceless even to me who is a science major. show less
Hesiod's Cosmos is almost like a PhD thesis. With annotation and appendices, and often providing show more examples and translations with the original Greek, it is a reference guide that studies the depth of Theogony and Workds and Days. Both the actual dissertation and the bottom footnotes, complements the academical style down with the full references of the article that the writer obtain.
If you ever wanted more out of the classic, you should get this book instead. Richly informative, structured and at most time, convenient reference to those who need to find the hidden things inside the literature without being wayward about the whole genesis of Ancient Greek's theology.
However, if you're looking for light reading, this is appropriately an academic text as the author is a professor Hence, the density of it. There are other reference guide available in the market, but an essay on Theogony by someone who is obviously an expert in the field, this is priceless even to me who is a science major. show less
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