Hesiod: The Other Poet
Author | : Hugo Koning |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2010-12-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004189812 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004189815 |
Rating | : 4/5 (815 Downloads) |
Download or read book Hesiod: The Other Poet written by Hugo Koning and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-12-10 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hesiod: The Other Poet is a study dealing with the role of Hesiod in the imagination and the collective memory of the ancient Greeks. Its main hypothesis is that Hesiod's image was to a large degree formed by the picture of Homer: Hesiod is decidedly different when presented as allied with, opposed to or simply without Homer. Following this approach, Hesiod is investigated as a moral and philosophical authority, a locus informed with values and qualities, a concept in literary-critical discourse, and more generally as a cultural and panhellenic icon constructed and reconstructed by later Greek authors who employed and so re-created him in their own texts.