A History of Greek Literature: From Homer to the Hellenistic Period

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From its Homeric origins to the age of Augustus, this history gives an account of the most important events in ancient Greek literature. Dihle is concerned with both the historical circumstances in which linguistic and literary communication were discovered and implemented, and the emergence, development and repercussions of literary forms. Contents Preface I. Archaic Literature 1. The Beginnings and Early Epic Poem 2. The Earliest Non-Epic Poetry 3. Early Prose 4. Late Archaic Poetry 5. Philosophy and Science II. Classical Literature of the Fifth Century BC 6. Aeschylus and The Beginnings of Tragedy 7. Sophocles and Euripides 8. Old Comedy 9. Philosophy, Rhetoric and Science 10. Herodotus and Thucydides III. Classical Literature of the Fourth Century BC 11. Socrates and Socratic Thought 12. Plato, Aristotle and their Schools 13. Rhetoric 14. Entertainment, Literature, Factual Literature and Historiography 15. Poetry IV. Hellenistic Literature 16. Hellenism and its Philosophy 17. Dramatic Poetry 18. Callimachus and Lyric Poetry 19. Apollonius Rhodius and Epic Poetry 20. Theocritus and Bucolic Poetry 21. The Epigram 22. Specialist Prose and Rhetoric 23. Historiography and Geography 24. Enterteiment Literature 25. Jewish Literature Epilogue Bibliography General 1/2 3/4 5/6 7/8 9/10 11/12 13/14 15/16/17 18/19/20/21 22/23/24 25 Index