Description: Further DetailsTitle: Parthenius of Nicaea: The Extant WorksCondition: NewFormat: HardbackISBN-10: 0198152531EAN: 9780198152538ISBN: 9780198152538Publisher: Clarendon PressRelease Date: 09/23/1999Description: This is the first study of all the extant remains of the important Hellenistic poet and mythographer, Parthenius of Nicaea, reputed to have been Virgil's tutor in Greek and a major literary figure in his own right. A new edition of his poetic fragments, it presents the first commentary on them since the work of August Meineke (1843); it also attempts to contextualize Parthenius within the traditions of Hellenistic poetry and within the `neoteric revolution' of late Republican Rome. It is also the first detailed study of and commentary on the extant collection of love-stories, the Erotika Pathemata, showing their roots in Hellenistic historiography, on the one hand, and their connection to the increasingly popular genre of the novel, on the other. It uses narratology to illustrate the hitherto entirely unrecognised skill and artistry with which the stories are told, and offers a close linguistic analysis of a work of prose from a singularly badly documented period. The detailed commentary considers each story in terms of structure, literary and mythological affiliations, and parallel treatments; and a new text aims to provide an improved apparatus criticus with a good number of new suggestions. The prime importance of the work is that it aims to be a comprehensive treatment of a relatively neglected and marginalized figure; and that it sets Parthenius' poetry and prose side by side to illustrate and contextualize a literary personality who was unusual in antiquity as an accomplished writer in both genres.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 224mmItem Length: 143mmItem Width: 38mmItem Weight: 837gContributor: J. L. Lightfoot (Edited by)Author: J. L. LightfootGenre: HistoryTopic: Literary Criticism, Ancient History, Poetry & DramaRelease Year: 1999 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Parthenius of Nicaea: The Extant Works
Title: Parthenius of Nicaea: The Extant Works
ISBN-10: 0198152531
EAN: 9780198152538
ISBN: 9780198152538
Release Date: 09/23/1999
Release Year: 1999
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Contributor: J. L. Lightfoot (Edited by)
Book Title: Parthenius of Nicaea : Extant Works Edited with Introduction and Notes
Number of Pages: 622 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1999
Item Height: 1.5 in
Topic: Ancient & Classical
Genre: Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 28.2 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: J. L. Lightfoot
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Hardcover
