A Handbook of Greek Literature (Routledge Revivals): From Homer to the Age of Lucian

by H.J. Rose

Overview

First published in 1934, this book covers a broad array of ancient Greek literature, taking into account the most acknowledged of the Greek authors as well as those less well known. H. J. Rose presents the latest findings of the time in terms of research into Greek literature and covers subjects from Homer, Comedy and Poetry, to Philosophy, Science, and the Empire.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415829243
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/11/2013
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	470
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

H.J. Rose, Emeritus Professor of Greek in the United College of St Salvator and St Leonard, St Andrews, sometime Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College, Oxford; Associate-Professor of Classics, McGill University, Montreal and Professor of Latin, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Table of Contents

1. People and Language: Writing 2. Homer and the Ancient Epic 3. Hesiod and the Hesiodic Schools 4. Personal Poetry: Elegiacs, Iambics, Solo Lyrics 5. Choral Lyric: Terpandros-Bakchylides 6. Athens and the Drama 7. Euripides and the Minor Tragedians 8. Comedy 9. Classical Prose 10. Hellenistic Poetry 11. Philosophy, rhetoric and History 12. Science, scholarship, Criticism 13. Greek Literature in the Empire; Addenda; Bibliography; Index