Hellenistic Poetry: An Anthology (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)
by Barbara Hughes Fowler
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An accomplished poet and classical scholar, Barbara Hughes Fowler brings Hellenistic poetry to life for the contemporary reader. Her selections engage us with the full range of Hellenistic poetic genres, styles, themes, and moods. The anthology includes Fowler's new translation of the entire Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes, and eight of Theocritus' Idylls, including the beautiful, sensuous description of late summer in Idyll VII and the shrewdly comical description of two young matrons show more venturing into the noisy streets of Alexandria in Idyll XV. There are translations of four hymns of Callimachus, as well as poems by Aratus, Bion, Herodas, Moschus, Pseudo-Moschus, and a substantial selection from the Greek Anthology. show lessTags
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Barbara Hughes Fowler was John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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- Fiction and Literature, Poetry
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- 881.0108 — Literature & rhetoric Classical & modern Greek literatures Classical Greek poetry Different categories of Greek classical poetry Philosophy and Theory Archaic
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- PA3622 .F69 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Greek literature Translations
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