
The Reception of the Homeric Hymns
Oxford University Press
Published on 24. November 2016
Book
Hardback
424 pages
978-0-19-872878-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Reception of the Homeric Hymns is a collection of original essays exploring the reception of the Homeric Hymns and other early hexameter poems in the literature and scholarship of the first century BC and beyond.
Although much work has been done on the Hymns over the past few decades, and despite their importance within the Western literary tradition, their influence on authors after the fourth century BC has so far received relatively little attention and there remains much to explore, particularly in the area of their reception in later Greco-Roman literature and art. This volume aims to address this gap in scholarship by discussing a variety of Latin and Greek texts and authors across the late Hellenistic, Imperial, and Late Antique periods, including studies of major Latin authors, such as Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, and Byzantine authors writing in classicizing verse.
While much of the book deals with classical reception of the Hymns, including looking beyond the textual realm to their influence on art, the editors and contributors have extended its scope to include discussion of Italian literature of the fifteenth century, German scholarship of the nineteenth century, and the English Romantic poets, demonstrating the enduring legacy of the Homeric Hymns in the literary world.
Although much work has been done on the Hymns over the past few decades, and despite their importance within the Western literary tradition, their influence on authors after the fourth century BC has so far received relatively little attention and there remains much to explore, particularly in the area of their reception in later Greco-Roman literature and art. This volume aims to address this gap in scholarship by discussing a variety of Latin and Greek texts and authors across the late Hellenistic, Imperial, and Late Antique periods, including studies of major Latin authors, such as Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, and Byzantine authors writing in classicizing verse.
While much of the book deals with classical reception of the Hymns, including looking beyond the textual realm to their influence on art, the editors and contributors have extended its scope to include discussion of Italian literature of the fifteenth century, German scholarship of the nineteenth century, and the English Romantic poets, demonstrating the enduring legacy of the Homeric Hymns in the literary world.
Reviews / Votes
As a whole, the volume certainly affirms the presence of the Homeric Hymns in the Classical tradition. It will be a useful resource to scholars of the Hymns themselves as well as of the individual authors and texts that receive and revive them. * Stephen Sansom, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Andrew Faulkner has acquired great merits for the contemporary study of the Homeric Hymns. * Alessandro Barchiesi (NYU), ExClass *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
17
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-872878-8 (9780198728788)
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Andrew Faulkner | Athanassios Vergados | Andreas Schwab
The Reception of the Homeric Hymns
E-Book
11/2016
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€56.99
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Andrew Faulkner | Athanassios Vergados | Andreas Schwab
The Reception of the Homeric Hymns
E-Book
11/2016
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€56.99
Available for download
Persons
Andrew Faulkner is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Athanassios Vergados is Professor of Classics at Heidelberg University.
Andreas Schwab is Assistant Professor of Classics at Heidelberg University.
Athanassios Vergados is Professor of Classics at Heidelberg University.
Andreas Schwab is Assistant Professor of Classics at Heidelberg University.
Editor
Associate ProfessorAssociate Professor, University of Waterloo
ProfessorProfessor, Heidelberg University
Visiting Professor for Ancient Greek Literature and Religious Studies of AntiquityAssistant Professor, Heidelberg University
Content
NARRATIVE AND ART; LATIN LITERATURE; IMPERIAL AND LATE ANTIQUE LITERATURE; BYZANTINE LITERATURE; RENAISSANCE AND MODERN LITERATURE