Greek Poetry of the Imperial Period An Anthology [Paperback]

An accessible selection of pagan Greek poetic texts ranging in date from the first to the sixth century AD.Works by poets hitherto neglected in Classical syllabuses are made easily accessible for the first time within a selection of pagan Greek poetic texts ranging in date from the first to the sixth century A.D. Genres represented include epic, epyllion. didactic, epigram, lyric and the verse fable.Works by poets hitherto neglected in Classical syllabuses are made easily accessible for the first time within a selection of pagan Greek poetic texts ranging in date from the first to the sixth century A.D. Genres represented include epic, epyllion. didactic, epigram, lyric and the verse fable.This book contains a selection of pagan Greek poetic texts ranging in date from the first to the sixth century A.D. It makes easily accessible for the first time work by poets hitherto neglected in Classical syllabuses. Genres represented include epic, epyllion, didactic, epigram, lyric and the verse fable. There is a brief general introduction, and in addition each section of detailed commentary is prefaced by a discussion of literary aspects of the poems and of their wider contexts.Introduction: 1. Some historical developments; 2. Education and culture; 3. Christianity; 4. Pagan poetry in the Imperial period; The Anthology: Anacreontea; Mesomedes; Epigrams, Quintus Smyrnaeus; Nonnus; Musaeus; Oppian; [Oppian], [Manetho], [Orpheus], Babrius; The Commentary; Indexes. There is no doubt in my mind that an undergraduate can learn more of use about literature of the ancient world...Publications like this one are making that possible. Bryn Mawr Classical Review It will be a relief for both teachers and students who want to venture beyond Homer and Euripides that there is this handy, chrming edition, which gives...a highly interesting selection from Anacreontea, Mesomedes, epigrams, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Nonnus, Musaeus, (pseudo-)Oppian, pseudo-Manetho, Orphic hymns, and Babrius. The ilãL