The Craft of Poetic Speech in Ancient Greece

by Claude Calame

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In this subtle, learned, and daring book, Claude Calame subverts common assumptions about the relationships between poet and audience, challenging his readers to rethink the very principles of mythmaking in the poetry and art of the ancient Greeks.

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Claude Calame is Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland

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Orion, Janice (Translator)

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The Craft of Poetic Speech in Ancient Greece

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Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
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881.010923Literature & rhetoricClassical & modern Greek literaturesClassical Greek poetryDifferent categories of Greek classical poetryPhilosophy and TheoryArchaic
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PA3014 .N37 .C3513Language and LiteratureGreek language and literature. Latin language and literatureClassical literature
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