The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women - Constructions and Reconstructions (Hardcover)

The Catalogue of Women, ascribed to Hesiod, one of the greatest figures of early hexameter poetry, maps the Greek world, its evolution and its heroic myths through the mortal women who bore children to the gods. In this collection a team of international scholars offers an attempt to explore the poem's meaning, significance and reception. Individual chapters examine the organization and structure of the poem, its social and political context, its relation to other early epic and Hesiodic poetry, its place in the development of a pan-Hellenic consciousness, and attitudes to women. The wider influence of the Catalogue is considered in chapters on Pindar and the lyric tradition, on Hellenistic poetry, and on the poem's reception at Rome. This collection provides a significant approach to the study of the Catalogue.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	Richard Hunter
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-83684-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	0-521-83684-0
Barcode:	9780521836845

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