Book/Printed Material Early Greek poets' lives : the shaping of the tradition

Title

• Early Greek poets' lives : the shaping of the tradition

Names

• Kivilo, Maarit

Created / Published

• Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Contents

• Introduction -- Hesiod: the tradition; origin and family of Hesiod; genealogies of Hesiod; Hesiod's life; the story of Hesiod's death; the works of Hesiod and on Hesiod; the date of Hesiod; formulaic themes and Orphic/Pythagorean influences in Hesiod's tradition; two modern views on the tradition of Hesiod; conclusion -- Stesichorus: the tradition; Stesichorus' family; Stesichorus' home and travels; Stesichorus' poetry and music; blindness, Helen, and the Palinode; Stesichorus and politics; Stesichorus' name and his death; the date of Stesichorus; the connections with the Pythagorean tradition; formulaic elements in the tradition; conclusions -- Archilochus: the tradition; Archilochus' family and his friends; Archilochus' home, journeys, and contests; Archilochus' encounter with the muses; the oracles in the tradition of Archilochus; Archilochus and the cult of gods; Lycambes and his daughters; the death of Archilochus; the cult of Archilochus; ancient criticism of Archilochus; the date of Archilochus; traditional elements in Archilochus' biography; conclusion -- Hipponax: the tradition; Hipponax' origin, home town and family; Hipponax' inventions and the story of Iambe; the quarrel with Boupalus; the death of Hipponax; ancient criticism and editions of Hipponax; the date of Hipponax; formulaic themes in Hipponax' tradition; conclusion -- Terpander: the tradition; Terpander's home and origin; Terpander in Sparta; the citharodes of Lesbos; the death of Terpander; Terpander's poetry and music; the date of Terpander; formulaic themes in Terpander's tradition; conclusion -- Sappho: the tradition; ancient portraits and appearance of Sappho; Sappho's home and family; Sappho and Phaon, her exile and death; Sappho's reputation, circle, and rivals; Sappho's inventions and music; the ancient editions of Sappho's poetry, and the treatises on her; the date of Sappho; conclusions -- The formation of biographical traditions -- Conclusion.

Headings

• -  Archilochus
• -  Hesiod
• -  Hipponax,--active 540 B.C.-537 B.C
• -  Sappho
• -  Stesichorus
• -  Terpander
• -  Classical biography--History and criticism
• -  Greek prose literature--History and criticism
• -  Poets, Greek--Biography--History and criticism
• -  Greece--Biography--History and criticism

Notes

• -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (xii, 270 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

• PA3043

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2021759028

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021759028

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• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021759028

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